True or False: Tissue destruction caused by a burn injury leads to both local and systemic problems. - Answer-True
True or False: radiation therapy can cause burns? - Answer-True
Electrical burns may result in __________________________. - Answer-dysrhythmias
The nurse should suspect______...
Type of Burns Exam Questions and
Answers
True or False: Tissue destruction caused by a burn injury leads to both local and
systemic problems. - Answer-True
True or False: radiation therapy can cause burns? - Answer-True
Electrical burns may result in __________________________. - Answer-dysrhythmias
The nurse should suspect________________________ if a burn injury occurred in an
enclosed space. - Answer-inhalation
The nurse should irrigate________________ burns. - Answer-chemical
Frostbite is a type of ___________________ injury. - Answer-Burn
What is the most common type of burn injury? - Answer-thermal burns
What are causes of thermal burns? - Answer-potential causes: flame, scald, hot objects
Chemical burns result from contact with______________ and/or_________________. -
Answer-acids and alkali
True or False:alkali more difficult treat b/c they liquefy tissue and adhere to tissue -
Answer-True
Electrical burns may result in which dysrhythmia up to 24 hours post burn? - Answer-V.
Fib
Which acid base abnormality is commonly seen in electrical burns? - Answer-Metabolic
acidosis
True or False: electrical burns may cause an acute kidney injury? - Answer-True
An electrical burn may result in a__________________AKI due to the release of
myoglobin, which blocks the kidney tubules. - Answer-intrarenal
Which type of burn is frequently associated with significantly greater internal injuries
than would be suspected from the appearance of entrance and exit wounds? - Answer-
electrical
The nurse should consider a patient a ______________ risk until rule out by the
provider. - Answer-cervical
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