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