Burns

Skin/Wounds Clinical reference

Burns

Burn severity: depth (superficial, partial, full thickness), TBSA (rule of nines), location. Parkland formula for fluid resuscitation in first 24h. Inhalation injury significantly increases mortality.

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A burn is damage to your body's tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight, or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the most common causes of burns. Another kind is an inhalation injury, caused by breathing smoke.There are three types of burns:First-degree burns damage only the outer layer of skin Second-degree burns damage the outer layer and…

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