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Where do most burns occur?
home
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Who's at risk for burns?
children and old people
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Set water heater to no higher than what temp?
120F
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What degree burn is a bad sunburn?
first
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What degree burn is a burn from a flash flame?
second
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What degree burn is from a fire?
third.
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What degree burn is from a chemical burn?
third
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You got a burn that has pain relived by cooling. What degree is it?
first.
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You got a burn that is sensitive to cool air. What degree is it?
second
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You got a burn that doesn't hurt. What degree is it?
Third.
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Your pt is going into shock and you find hematuria. What degree burn does he likely have?
Third
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The burn looks red, blanches with pressure and is dry, no edema. What degree is it?
first.
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You look at a burn and it looks blistered, mottled, red base, edema. What degree is it?
Second.
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It's important to hook person up to _____ after an electrical burn?
ECG - electricity thru body - arrythmias
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With burns, what happens to your CO?
low. - hypoperfusion - organs won't work as well - hypofunction
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How does burn shock happen?
fluid loss - vascular fluid loss - CO decrease - BP drops - burn shock
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What notice ____ change in their voice. You suspect burn injury to their breathing system?
high-pitched
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You are first to show up to burn victim. What do you do first?
ABCs. Airway. Make sure you have one and deliver 100% oxy. Intubate if can.
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What position do you want to put burn victim in ?
sitting up. Tend to vomit d/t paralytic illeus from low CO
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After the ABCs are est. for a burn victim, what's next on the agenda?
cervical inj. or head inj. until stable. then off to the burn wound itself.
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If burn pt TBSA is above _____%, then we give em NG tube.
20-25
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Why would we see anemia in a burn pt?
RBC might be burned and destroyed.
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What do you think the HcT is for a burn pt?
high - fluid loss - thick blood - high hct
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Why is CHF something you have to look for in a burn pt?
capillaries regain integrity - extracelluar fluid rushes back in - if old person (kidneys aren't as good), kidney injury - fluid overload.
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Why is fever common in burn pts?
After burn shock resolves, resetting of the body core temp results in temp a few degrees higher.
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