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An adolescent is in the emergency department with partial-thickness burns covering his right anterior thigh, his abdomen, and his right anterior arm..
 
  The nurse calculates the total body surface area (TBSA) burned as ___________________ _.

Question 2

A child weighing 34 kg (74.8 lb) has a burn encompassing 35 total body surface area (TBSA).
 
  Using the standard Parkland formula, the nurse calculates the child's initial 24-hour fluid requirement to be ___________________ _mL.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS:
13.5
Using the Rule of 9s on this adolescent, the right anterior thigh is 9, the abdomen is approximately 9 (half of 18 for the anterior torso), and the right anterior arm is 4.5.

Answer to Question 2

ANS:
4,760
34 x 4 x 35 = 4,760.


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