Question 1
A patient sustained burns to the following body areas: both upper anterior arms, both lower anterior legs, and the anterior face and neck. Using the rule of nines, what is this patient's total body surface area burned? Record your answer rounding to one decimal place.
Question 2
The nurse cares for a patient who was in a house fire. The patient currently has a hoarse voice and has soot in the sputum. Over the next 24 hours, what might the patient experience as manifestations of a lower airway injury? Select all that apply.
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.◦ Chest pain
◦ Bronchospasm
◦ Alteration in breath sounds
◦ Increased mucous production
◦ Peripheral neuropathy
Home Health Nurse.
Patient Teaching
A pacemaker in a patient’s chest.
Examples of endocrine disorders. (C) A patient with congenital hypothyroidism.
Slope Fire