Posted on September 26, 20091258. Transfer criteria for patients with severe burns // Admission criteria for moderate burns // Removing hot tar
Posted on September 26, 20091256. Burns: Td? Prophylactic abx? // Risk period for constrictive eschars // Most common cause of decreased pulses // Burn wound management if immediate transfer to burn center, if delayed transfer // Minor burns: topical abx? po abx? Td?
Posted on September 26, 20091255. Parkland formula // Consideration for fluid resus of inhalation injury patient // What to give severe burn patient after 24 hours // Type of patient that cannot survive large burn // Pediatric considerations
Posted on September 26, 20091254. Airway casts treatment // Assessment and management of possible CO intoxication with inhalation injury // When to consider cyanide intoxication // What parameter to follow in burned patient requiring fluid resus who has cardiopulmonary disease // What % TBSA correlates with need for fluid resus // Acceptable UOP // Hydroxycobolamine B12 dose in Cyanide Toxicity
Posted on September 26, 20091253. Cool a burn? // Usefulness of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in possible inhalation injury // Neck eschar: effects, Rx // Constricting eschar of the anterior thorax: effects, Rx
Posted on September 26, 20091252. Rule of nines, modification for infants // Signs of inhalation injury
Posted on September 26, 20091250. Three methods of heat transfer?describe // Zones of burn injury // At what % total body surface area are patients at risk for SIRS
Posted on September 26, 20091249. Six types of burns by mechanism // Thermodynamic variables that determine burn severity // What is heat capacity? What is the heat transfer coefficient?