Burns are one of the leading cause of medical emergencies in the United States. While young child typically under the age of five years old and adults over the age of sixty-five years old suffer with more burns than any other age group. Children and older adults have a harder time healing from serious burns due to the lack of hydration in the body and the skin is so fragile so burns tend to be deeper. Women usually only account for 31 percent of burn patients while men account for 69 percent. The most common type of burns patients come in with are thermal, chemical, and electrical. (LeMone, 2015)
Thermal burns are the most common type of burns especially in young children.
(Drago, 2005) Thermal burns typically result from contact with hot liquids, molten metal, open flames, and gases (Chemical burns, 2013) and direct exposure of heat can cause cellular destruction that can result in charring of nervous tissue, bone, muscle, and vascular. (LeMone, 2015) Children around the ages of zero to two years, are at a higher risk of scalds …show more content…
It is necessary for endotracheal intubation when a decrease in pulmonary compliance increases the work of breathing or hypoxemia develops. It is mandatory to intubate patients with suspected inhalation injury because edema of the airway and respiratory failure can occur within hours of the injury and can happen very rapidly. (Rose, 1999) The first hours after a burn injury occurs are a critical time. The American Burn Association (ABA) and the Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) created the ABCDEs of emergency burn care. The ABCDEs are as follows: airway maintenance with cervical spine protection, breathing and ventilation, circulation and cardiac status with hemorrhage control, disability (neurological deficit or gross deformity), and exposure to examine for major associated injuries and maintain a warm environment. (Heffernan,
Thermal burns are the most common type of burns especially in young children.
(Drago, 2005) Thermal burns typically result from contact with hot liquids, molten metal, open flames, and gases (Chemical burns, 2013) and direct exposure of heat can cause cellular destruction that can result in charring of nervous tissue, bone, muscle, and vascular. (LeMone, 2015) Children around the ages of zero to two years, are at a higher risk of scalds …show more content…
It is necessary for endotracheal intubation when a decrease in pulmonary compliance increases the work of breathing or hypoxemia develops. It is mandatory to intubate patients with suspected inhalation injury because edema of the airway and respiratory failure can occur within hours of the injury and can happen very rapidly. (Rose, 1999) The first hours after a burn injury occurs are a critical time. The American Burn Association (ABA) and the Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) created the ABCDEs of emergency burn care. The ABCDEs are as follows: airway maintenance with cervical spine protection, breathing and ventilation, circulation and cardiac status with hemorrhage control, disability (neurological deficit or gross deformity), and exposure to examine for major associated injuries and maintain a warm environment. (Heffernan,