Integumentary: Burns and Cancer

A First Degree Burn damages which layer of the skin?

• Hypodermis
• Dermis
• Epidermis

A Second Degree Burn damages which two layers of the skin?

• Hypodermis, and Epidermis
• Epidermis and Dermis

Superficial burn

• 1st degree

• 2nd degree

• 3rd degree

This degree of burn causes blistering of the skin.

• First Degree Burn
• Second Degree Burn
• Third Degree Burn

What is the most painful type of burn?

• First-degree burns, because the outer skin is so sensitive
• Third-degree burns, because they are the most severe
• Second-degree burns, because nerve endings are still intact even though tissue damage is severe
• All types of burns are excruciatingly painful

How do first-degree burns differ from second-degree burns?

• First-degree burns only affect the epidermis; second-degree burns can extend into the dermis

• First degree-burns are painless; second-degree burns hurt a lot

• First degree-burns can extend into the dermis; second-degree burns only affect the epidermis

• First degree-burns hurt a lot; second-degree burns are painless

Full thickness burns involve damage to the 

• the epidermis, only
• the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis
• the epidermis and dermis, only
• muscle, only

Third degree burns to the face are always considered critical because

• the eyebrows and eyelashes might not grow back
• ears could melt closed
• facial scarring is traumatizing
• burning of the airways can cause suffocation 

Which treatment would not be needed for a superficial 2nd degree burn?

• Covering

• Skin Graft

• Pain Reliever

• Possible Antibiotic

Why can you often not feel third-degree burns?

• Because they damage the nerve ending in your skin

• Because they aren't very damaging

• Because they cause scabs to form

• Because they only affect the inner part of your skin