Chapter 6, Problem 186R

§Maximum bleeding is seen in : § §Lacerated wound §Incised wound. §Abrasion §Bruise

Burns exceeding 20% of the TBSA in most adults are considered to be major burn injuries. With a major burn injury, a systematic pathophysiologic response that ensues requires therapeutic intervention to sustain life. The most reliable criterion for adequate resuscitation of burn shock is: 1. Urine output 2. Blood pressure 3. Pulmonary status 4. Cortisol levels

Pathophysiology Inflammation and Healing An adult male slipped while removing a very large pot of boiling cooking oil off the stove, resulting in mild to very severe burns to his face, anterior chest, anterior right arm and loweranterior half of his right leg. (Required 1 reference and 1 citation)1. Describe the likely appearance of the burn injury in this case and include whatclassification or classifications would be involved. (Support your answer with six possible outcomes) 2. Using the ‘rule of nines,’ determine the approximate body surface area (BSA) of thisburn injury. Indicate how you arrived at this BSA. (Support your answer with five possible outcomes) 3. What type of treatment measures would be appropriate in this case? (Support your answer with five possible outcomes)