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4 different types of burns |
Radiation
Thermal (heat or fire)
Electrical
Chemical |
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Depths of burns:
1,2 and 3 degree |
1st degree: superficial burn, epidermis red,painful
2nd degree: Partial Thickness, epidermis and dermis
red blisters moist painful
3rd degree: full thickness burns, epidermis, dermis and subacantous tissue
charred black, no pain |
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Rule of 9s for an adult |
Head/Neck: 9%
upper extremities: 9% each (both arms
Torso: 36% total, 18 posterior, 18 anterior
lower extremities: 9% each
Gentials: 1% |
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Rules of 9s for a child |
Head/neck: 18%
upper extremdities: 9% each
Torso: 36%, 18 post, 18 anterior
Lower extremities: 14% each |
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Triage System.
4 colours what do each indicate |
BLACK (no priority)
-Decapation
-levidity
- no pulse/breathing
-catastrophic head injury
-patient is visibily dead
GREEN (low priority)
- Stable patient
-minor injuries
-scraps/bruises
-lumps/bumps bruises
YELLOW(moderate priority)
- multiple fractures
-moderate burns
-child birth
-seizures
RED(high priority)
- deadly bleeds
-dyspnea (laboured breathing)
-hypofusion(shock)
- open chest/abd wounds
-pretruding organs
-Head trauma (ICP) |
