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a method of estimating the % of surface area that has been burned in an ADULT
- HEAD 9% (4.5 for face, 4.5 for back of head)
- TORSO front 18% (9x2)
- TORSO back 18% (9x2)
- EACH ARM 9% (total front and back)
- LEG FRONT 9%
- LEG BACK 9%
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| what is the Parkland formula? |
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The amount of fluid needed for fluid resussiation.
1) give half the calculated amount in first 8 hours of incident
2) give second half over the next 16 hours
=(4cc)(weight in kg)(surface area burned)
***with this, a urine output of .5cc/kg/hr MUST be maintained |
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| what is going on when a cold person starts shivering |
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it's automated response by the nervous system to increase the metabolic activity to warm the individual up.
as the cold progresses, the next step is to slow down metabolism to conserve energy |
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| what is the #1 predisposing factor to hypothermia? |
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| what kind of thermodynamic therapy is the removal of wet clothes and the administering of warm blankets? |
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| what is the saying for frostbite |
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frostbite in january, amputate in july
before then is just a long period of a dry gangrene |
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| when can you really pronounce someone with hypothermia dead? |
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| when they are "warm dead." core temperature needs to be around 35 degrees celcius before you can make that call because someone can appear dead and just be in a coma if their hypothermia is that advanced |
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