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Overview

Patients with burn injury usually appear as burned(injury) skin . When a doctor or physician has been admitted burned patient, the diagnosis is usually known by physical examination of the patient. Physical examination of burn injury consists of a thorough of thickness and total body surface area of the patient body. Patient may be have burn on his head, neck, arm, leg, Anterior trunk,Posterior trunk, and genatilia.

Physical Examination

Key factors in the history include the type of burn, possible:

Inhalation injury: If possible, ask pre hospital emergency services providers if the patient had prolonged smoke exposure (consider carbon monoxide poisoning, cyanide poisoning, lung injury)

associated traumatic injuries: might have other injuries from explosions, falls or jumping to safety. Examination of the burn can be done in the patient's secondary survey.

The patient's clothing should be removed, and the patient should be examined from head to toe in a warm room.


Burn calcification:

Burns can divided in to: minor burns (most burns are small), or severe burns(major trauma patient) and serious burn injury.


  • Third-degree burns in any age group
  • Burn injury in patients with preexisting medical disorders that could complicate management, prolong recovery, or affect mortality
  • Any patient with burns and concomitant trauma (such as fractures) in which the burn injury poses the greatest risk for morbidity or mortality. In such cases, if the trauma poses the greater immediate risk, the patient may be stabilized initially in a trauma center before being transferred to a burn unit. Physician judgment will be necessary in such situations and should be in concert with the regional medical control plan and triage protocols.
  • Burned children in hospitals without qualified personnel or equipment for the care of children[2][3]
  • Burn injury in patients who will require special social, emotional, or rehabilitative intervention.

Burn evaluation:

The major factors to consider when evaluating the burned skin during a burn evaluation are :

1.An estimated percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) that has been burned(The extent of the burns (usually calculated by the percentage of total body surface area (% TBSA) burned).

2.An estimated depth of the burns (superficial, partial thickness or full thickness).[4][5][6][7][8]

Rule of nines estimates are not used for children. Their bodies have different proportions than adults. If your child has a burn that covers a medium to large area, your provider may use a chart, called a Lund-Browder chart, to make an estimate. This gives more accurate estimates based on a child's age and body size.

If you or your child has a burn that covers a small area, your provider may use an estimate based on the size of the palm, which is about 1% of TBSA.

In serious burn injury, you may also need an emergency evaluation known as an ABCDE assessment. ABCDE assessments are used to check key body systems and functions. They often take place in ambulances, emergency rooms, and hospitals. They are used for different types of traumatic emergencies, including severe burns.

"ABCDE" stands for the following checks:

Skin


Extent of the Burn

Burn evaluations are used to examine moderate to severe burn injuries

Several methods are available to estimate the percentage of total body surface area burned such as: the "rule of nines" to get this estimate, or Lund and Browder Chart.


The rule of nines :

Divides the body into sections of 9% or 18% (2 times 9). The sections are divided as follows:

  • For children, the head is 18%, and the legs are 13.5% each.

Lund and Browder Chart:

This is a more accurate method, especially in children, where each arm is 10%, anterior trunk and posterior trunk are each 13% and the percentage calculated for the head and legs varies based on the patient’s age.

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