An adult patient was burned as a result of an explosion. The…
An adult patient was burned as a result of an explosion. The burn initially affected the patient’s anterior head, the chest, and there were burns to the lower half of both arms (anterior and posterior). The patient’s clothes caught fire and the patient ran away causing subsequent burns to the posterior surface of the head, and the upper half of the patient’s back. Using the Rule of 9’s, what would be the extent of the burn injury?
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A triage nurse in the ED is on shift when a grandfather carries his 4-year-old grandson into the ED. The child is not breathing, and the grandfather states the boy was stung by a bee in a nearby park. Which of the following would lead the nurse to suspect that the boy is experiencing anaphylactic shock?
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