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Complex Health
Nursing Complex Health ATI Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Burns: Most severe areas for burns? | Body: Face, Hand/Feet, Perineum Areas where skin is thin & around face where respiratory involvement is more likely. |
| Burns: 3 Phases & Priority treatments | Emergent: Fluid Resusitation Acute: Infection Control Rehabilitation: Preservation of function |
| Burns: Signs of Inhalation | Singed nasal hair, eye brows, or eye lashes Sooty sputum; Hoarseness; Wheezing; Increased secretions |
| Burns: Labs | Initially: Elevated H&H, Potassium, BG; Low Na; Hypoxemia with Metabolic Acidosis; Proteins low After 48 Hrs: Elevated H&H, Potassium, with persistent low Na due to decreased Renal function and wound loss |
| Burns: Fluid Resusitation | Isotonic Solutions: NS and LR; maintain 30 mL/hour urine OP |
| Burns: Signs of Shock | Confusion, Increased Cap refill, Urine OP <30 mL/hour, Fever, Decreased BS, BP normal or low |
| Burns: Escharotomy | Surgical incision in circumferential burned tissue to allow expansion; typically done on chest for breathing or extremities if circulation is compromised |
| Burns: Rule of Nines | Whole Head: 9% Abdomen: 18% Back: 18% Whole Leg: 18% Whole Arm: 9% Perineum: 1% 1 hand (fingers & palm) = 1% |