Chapter 29 - homework questions

Burn injuries need to be _______________ down within approximately the first 10 minutes of injury.

cooled

All burns normally classified as moderate should be reclassified as ____________________ in a person younger than 5 or older than 55 years of age.

critical

Burns are classified according to the __________________ of the injury.

depth

______________ burns can cause severe damage not only to soft tissues, but also to the body as a whole.

electrical

A superficial burn is an injury that involves only the ______________.

epidermis

The tough and leathery dead soft tissue formed in a full-thickness burn injury is called an _______________.

eschar

A(n) _______________ -thickness burn, or third-degree burn, is a burn in which all layers of the skin are damaged.

full

The three layers of the skin are the epidermis, dermis, and _______________.

hypodermis

Most burn patients who die in the prehospital setting will die from a(n) __________ airway, toxic inhalation, or other trauma.

occluded

When calculating BSA, the EMT should remember that the genital region represents __________ percent of the total BSA.

one

An alternative to the rule of nines for estimating the BSA of a burn involves using a comparison of the burned area to the patient's _____________________.

palm

A partial-thickness burn is also called a(n) _________-degree burn.

second

Once the EMT has determined that the scene of a burn emergency is safe to enter, he should immediately take _____________ precautions.

standard

Examples of superficial burns include _______________ or a minor scald injury.

sunburns

If dry lime is the burn agent, do not irrigate the burn with ____________________ until it has been brushed off the patient.

water