Exam 5: Burns

Most inhalation injuries in burn patients are due to which of the following?

Cool-water immersion of a burned part effectively reduces burning only when done within which of the following time frames?

Which of the following body areas warrant special attention when burned?

You are assessing a 17-year-old male patient with a burn on the lateral aspect of his thigh. Which of the following guidelines is most helpful when estimating the percentage of total body surface area involved?

You are dispatched to a structure fire at which there is a report of a burned person. Your patient is a 32-year-old man with blisters on his anterior chest and circumferential superficial burns to both lower extremities. Using the "rule of nines," the percentage of burn is:

The three primary factors that determine the severity of radiation are:

Which of the following stages of burn injury is best described as including a pain response, an outpouring of catecholamines, tachycardia, tachypnea, mild hypertension, and anxiety?

Which tissue layer(s) is (are) affected by partial thickness burns? 1) Epidermis 2) Dermis 3) Subcutaneous 4) Muscle

A burn patient who has signs and symptoms of inhalation injury with associated respiratory compromise should be classified as:

The type of electricity supplied to homes is ________ current. Contact with this type of current may result in ________.

According to Jackson's theory of thermal wounds, which of the following zones has suffered the greatest damage?

Which of the following burns would be classified as moderate?

Based on total body surface area and burn depth, you have determined that an 88-year-old woman has a moderate burn. Considering the age of the patient, this burn is classified as:

Which of the following may occur from watching arc welding without proper protection?

Paralysis of the muscles of respiration may occur when there is body contact with electrical currents as low as ________ mA.

Which type of radiation particle can travel through 6 to 10 feet of air, penetrate a few layers of clothing, and cause external and internal injuries?

For which of the following burn patients could you use local cooling?

You are caring for a patient with 30 percent full and partial thickness burns. He is an 80 kg man. According to the Parkland formula, he should receive ________ liters of fluid over 24 hours, with ________ liters infused in the first 8 hours.

Which of the following body structures is the best electricity conductor?

You have been dispatched to a call for a burn patient. Upon arriving, you find a 23-year-old woman who was sunbathing and fell asleep. She is alert and oriented and in moderate pain. She has blisters covering her extremities, abdomen, face, and chest. This patient's burns fall into which one of the following categories?