NUR 213-BURNS Test 4 Questions with Answers
1.Burns are caused by a shift in: fluid
2.What are the 3 phases of burn care: emergent, acute, rehabilitative
3.also known as the resuscitative phase, first 24-48 hours, short, only
phase that has a time frame. Ends when fluid resuscitation ends.:
emergent
4.phase that begins immediately after the emergent phase ends, wound
is covered by tissue.: acute
5.phase that could last for years depending on severity, burns are
healing, may require surgery.: rehabilitative phase
6.Risk factors for burns:: people over the age
of 60 burns on 40% or more of the body
circumferential
burn airway
injury
7.Why are inhalation burn injuries sometimes hard to diagnose immediately?
: Pt may not have any external signs
1
, 8.What are some telling signs of inhalation injury?: burnt hair on head,
eye- brows, or nostrils
9.Inhalation injury patients usually require oxygen and are almost always:
in- tubated
10.what labs are abnormal with burns?: low sodium, potassium may
increase at first but will drop after first 24 hours because of fluid shift,
elevated glucose and elevated WBC's
electrolytes
ABG's
hypoxemia
protein
albumin
WBC's
11.Tetanus shot is usually administered for which level burns?: 3 and 4
12.epidermis (superficial) pink/red, no blisters no
eschar painful, heals quick, no scars ie. sunburn: stage
1 burn
13.superficial or deep partial thickness: stage 2 burns
14.entire epidermis, part of dermis, blisters, pink/red, mild to moderate
2
1.Burns are caused by a shift in: fluid
2.What are the 3 phases of burn care: emergent, acute, rehabilitative
3.also known as the resuscitative phase, first 24-48 hours, short, only
phase that has a time frame. Ends when fluid resuscitation ends.:
emergent
4.phase that begins immediately after the emergent phase ends, wound
is covered by tissue.: acute
5.phase that could last for years depending on severity, burns are
healing, may require surgery.: rehabilitative phase
6.Risk factors for burns:: people over the age
of 60 burns on 40% or more of the body
circumferential
burn airway
injury
7.Why are inhalation burn injuries sometimes hard to diagnose immediately?
: Pt may not have any external signs
1
, 8.What are some telling signs of inhalation injury?: burnt hair on head,
eye- brows, or nostrils
9.Inhalation injury patients usually require oxygen and are almost always:
in- tubated
10.what labs are abnormal with burns?: low sodium, potassium may
increase at first but will drop after first 24 hours because of fluid shift,
elevated glucose and elevated WBC's
electrolytes
ABG's
hypoxemia
protein
albumin
WBC's
11.Tetanus shot is usually administered for which level burns?: 3 and 4
12.epidermis (superficial) pink/red, no blisters no
eschar painful, heals quick, no scars ie. sunburn: stage
1 burn
13.superficial or deep partial thickness: stage 2 burns
14.entire epidermis, part of dermis, blisters, pink/red, mild to moderate
2
