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NUR 213 Burns – Questions & Detailed Answers
NUR 213 Burns – Questions & Detailed Answers
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NUR 213 Burns – Questions & Detailed AnswersWhat is the most common cause of burns? Right Ans - Residential fires are
common cause: kitchen fire, cigarettes that remain lit, portable heating
equipment.
Burns are any injury caused by exposure to? Right Ans - heat, chemicals,
electricity, radiation.
Why are the elderly at more risk for burns? Right Ans - Older: slower rxn,
impaired mobility, dementia, thinner skin [more susceptible to deeper burns],
may have pre-existing conditions to make healing more difficult.
Why are school children more at risk for burns? Right Ans - Children: as
they get older, they become more curious. Hot stove, flame on stove, playing
with stove knobs, trying to get to the cookies in the oven.
Why are teenagers more at risk for burns? Right Ans - Teenagers:
experiment with fire, gasoline, hide they are smoking, more susceptible to
superficial burns from tanning.
precautions at home to prevent burns are? Right Ans - Set water heater
low, change battery of smoke detector with daylights savings.
What can we find at work to help prevent burns?q Right Ans - MSDS-
material safety data sheet.
What is a thermal burn? Right Ans - Come from heat source. Can be dry
heat or moist heat. Can inhale hot smoke or soot and can cause major problem
with lungs, trachea.
What are chemical burns? Right Ans - Chemical- the chemical itself can
cause a burn or a combination of chemicals that mix can cause a burn or cause
noxious fumes. These chemicals are found in the basement, under sink,
storage area-may leak together.
, What are electrical burns? Right Ans - Can be caused by electricity or
lightening. They have an iceberg affect, gets worse underneath. Will travel
through the individual's body, from hand through to feet which means it's
going through vital organs and the heart.
What is an inhalation burn? Right Ans - Steam or chemicals inhaled. Mouth,
esophagus, trachea, lungs can be affected.
What is a Radiation burn? Right Ans - Radiation burns from radiation
treatment for cancer treatment and malignancies [treat like a superficial
burn]. Can also be from sun burn.
3 classification of burn are now called? Right Ans - Superficial.
Partial-thickness, which has:
-Superficial Partial-Thickness.
-Deep Partial-Thickness.
Full-thickness.
How far down the layers of skin do superficial burns reach? Right Ans -
Epidermal layer.
How do superficial burns look?
How long until they heal? Right Ans - Looks like sunburn. Burned skin
remains intact, may start to peel, usually will peel when skin starts to
regenerate.
Heals in 3-6 days
image of superficial burn, specifically a sun burn. Right Ans -
How far down the layers of skin do partial thickness burns reach?
What does this layer contain? Right Ans - Partial thickness-Reaches into
the entire dermal layer, will be warm to the touch.
The dermis has hair, blood vessels, nerve endings etc.
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