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NUR185 EXAM 2 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Superficial (1st degree) Answer: Dry
no Vesicles
Blanches (sunburn)
Superficial PARTIAL thickness (2nd deg) Answer: Large, moist or weepy
blisters
skin will be pale-red pink
VERY painful
Deep partial thickness burns (3rd deg) Answer: LARGE thick walled
blisters
edema
weepy cherry red
exposed dermis
painful/sensitive to cold air
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Full thickness burns Answer: Involves epidermis, dermis, underlying
tissues, fat, muscle, bone
dry leathery eschar
lacks sensation
1st degree of burns is what Answer: middle of 3
limited to TOP Layer of the skin
s/s of 1st deg of burns Answer: redness
pain
minor
swelling
dry
no blisters
healing time of 1st degree of burns Answer: Healing time is 3-6 days
superficial skin layer over burn may peel off in 1-2 days
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3rd deg burns tx is Answer: treat for shock
cover
no pain
Burns are classified how? Answer: RULE OF NINES
Rule of Nines is based on what Answer: % of body surface burned
Burn severity is what Answer: various criteria used to define major
burns
burn severity is based on size, depth, location, age, general health
status, mechanism of injury
How do you calculate the BAUX score Answer: (TBSA + age + [17Ã-R]).
{R = 1 if patient has inhalation injury and R = 0 if not}
Score over 140 is NON SURVIVABLE
what is a stress ulcer called from a burn injury? Answer: CURLING
ULCER
what are the stages of burns Answer: Emergent, acute and
rehabilitation
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NUR185 EXAM 2 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Superficial (1st degree) Answer: Dry
no Vesicles
Blanches (sunburn)
Superficial PARTIAL thickness (2nd deg) Answer: Large, moist or weepy
blisters
skin will be pale-red pink
VERY painful
Deep partial thickness burns (3rd deg) Answer: LARGE thick walled
blisters
edema
weepy cherry red
exposed dermis
painful/sensitive to cold air
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Full thickness burns Answer: Involves epidermis, dermis, underlying
tissues, fat, muscle, bone
dry leathery eschar
lacks sensation
1st degree of burns is what Answer: middle of 3
limited to TOP Layer of the skin
s/s of 1st deg of burns Answer: redness
pain
minor
swelling
dry
no blisters
healing time of 1st degree of burns Answer: Healing time is 3-6 days
superficial skin layer over burn may peel off in 1-2 days
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3rd deg burns tx is Answer: treat for shock
cover
no pain
Burns are classified how? Answer: RULE OF NINES
Rule of Nines is based on what Answer: % of body surface burned
Burn severity is what Answer: various criteria used to define major
burns
burn severity is based on size, depth, location, age, general health
status, mechanism of injury
How do you calculate the BAUX score Answer: (TBSA + age + [17Ã-R]).
{R = 1 if patient has inhalation injury and R = 0 if not}
Score over 140 is NON SURVIVABLE
what is a stress ulcer called from a burn injury? Answer: CURLING
ULCER
what are the stages of burns Answer: Emergent, acute and
rehabilitation
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