WorksheetsBurn Management
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
A 10 year old boy is playing with a firework which explodes and he sustains a full thickness burn to his left arm. Which of the following is not characteristics of this situation?
They have a leathery appearance
The burn area is extremely painful until skin grafted
They always heal with scarring
Blanching does not occur under pressure
A 22 year old man has a full thickness circumferential burn of his leg after being trapped in a burning car. After 2 hours, he complained of tingling of his leg and it appears dusky. What is the best management for this?
Fasciotomy
Escharotomy
Angioplasty
Pain control
The following features are typical of superficial dermal burns except:
They are usually erythematous
Blistering should not occur
Spontaneous healing will occur in nearly all cases
Capillary return should be present
A 10 year old child is admitted with severe 30% burn following a housefire. 1 day following skin graft he becomes tachycardic and hypotensive. He vomited twice and this shows evidence of hemetemesis
Type 1 respiratory failure
Deep vein thrombosis
Curlings ulcer
Toxic shock syndrome
A 26 year old electrician suffers full thickness high voltage burn to his leg. UFEME: ery: 3+. BUSE shows mild hyperkalemia and a CK of 3000.
Toxic shock syndrome
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Rhabdomyolysis
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
A 45 year old man is admitted after his clothes caught fire. He suffers a full thickness circumferential burn to his lower thigh. He complains of increasing pain in lower leg and on examination there is paraesthesia. Foot pulses are normal
Compartment syndrome
Contracture
Deep vein thrombosis
Rhabdomyolysis
25 year old male is admitted having involved in a housefire. His weight is 75kg and he suffered from 22% full thickness burns to his torso and limbs. Determine the correct volume and type of fluids in first 8 hours
3300ml Hartmans Solution
6600ml Hartmans Solution
6000ml Human albumin Solution
3300ml Fresh Frozen plasma
A 25 year old male is admitted having involved in housefire. His weight is 85kg, and he has suffered from 19% full thickness burns to his torso and limbs. Determine the correct volume and fluids in first 8 hour.
6600ml Hartmans Solution
3300ml Hartmans Solution
3300ml Human albumins
Fluid resuscitation not required
A 25 year old is admitted having been involved in a housefire. His weight is 65kg and he has suffered superficial epidermal burns of his whole left upper limb. Determine the correct volume and fluids for 24 hours
2400ml Hartman Solutions
1200ml Hartman Solutions
2400ml Normal Saline
Fluid resuscitation is not required
A 5 year old suffers 20% burns to torso. On examination there is fixed pigmentation and the affected area has a white and dry appearance. Best wound management?
Split thickness skin graft
Direct primary closure
Delayed primary closure
Myocutaneous flap reconstruction (pedicled)
