Trauma Case- Burn

- CONTENT

NO | TITLES | PAGES |

| CONTENT | 1 |

2.0 | INTRODUCTION TO BURNS * SKIN LAYERS * DEFINITION * DEPTH OF BURN * TYPES OF INJURY * PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BURN * CALCULATING PERCENTAGE * CLASSIFICATION * FLUID RESUSCITATION * COMPLICATION | 2-14 |

3.0 | DEMOGRAPHIC DATA &GENERAL HEALTH HISTORY * PRIMARY SURVEY * PHASES OF BURN CARE&COLLABORATIVE INTERVENTION *RESUSSITATION *ACUTE PHASE *REHABILITATION | 15-19 |

4.0 | DOCUMENTATION ON ASSESSMENT FINDINGS - VITAL SIGN ON ARRIVAL- PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – GLASCOW COMA SCALE- MEDICATION GIVEN- LABORATORY INVESTIGATION | 20-25 |

5.0 | DISCUSSION ON MEDICAL / SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT | 26 |

6.0 | 6 NURSING DIAGNOSIS, (GOAL, INTERVENTIONS AND RATIONALES) | 27-32 |

| CONCLUSION | 33 |

| REFERENCES | 34 |

2.0 INTRODUCTION TO BURN

Burns are one of the scariest conditions encountered in medicine. Injury that arises from burns assault both physical and psychological of the victim. The victims also include all type of age range but for severe cases the most common victims are children below 5 years old and elderly more that 65 years old (Sole, 2005). Burn injuries are a challenge to medical and paramedics as the correct management requires a skilled multidisciplinary approach.

Most residential fires are caused by unattended cooking which lead to combustible grease catching other household items that are easy to catch fire around it. Smoking materials, including cigarettes, trashes, candles and any other furniture that are frequently assesses as the ignition materials in the house. It is estimated that 27,149 cases of fire statistics by type in Malaysia in 2011(www.bomba.gov.my) and out of those, the home residency is the most common site for fire-related burns. First we will review on the introduction of the skin and its condition on how burn penetrating the skin. Then we will move to know the demography...