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Burn Case Study Scenario An ambulance arrives to the emergency department (ED) of a community hospital with A.N., an 18-yearold woman who was caught in a house fire. She was sleeping when the fire started and managed to make her way out of the house through thick smoke. Upon your assessment, the nurse notes that her lungs are clear and she has a productive cough of a small amount of carbon-tinged sputum. She appears anxious and in pain.