Pathophysiology Inflammation and Healing An adult male slipped while removing a very large pot of boiling cooking oil off the stove, resulting in mild to very severe burns to his face, anterior chest, anterior right arm and lower anterior half of his right leg. (Required 1 reference and 1 citation) 1. Describe the likely appearance of the burn injury in this case and include what classification or classifications would be involved. (Support your answer with six possible outcomes) 2. Using the ‘rule of nines,’ determine the approximate body surface area (BSA) of this burn injury. Indicate how you arrived at this BSA. (Support your answer with five possible outcomes) 3. What type of treatment measures would be appropriate in this case? (Support your answer with five possible outcomes)
Pathophysiology Inflammation and Healing
An adult male slipped while removing a very large pot of boiling cooking oil off the stove,
resulting in mild to very severe burns to his face, anterior chest, anterior right arm and lower
anterior half of his right leg. (Required 1 reference and 1 citation)
1. Describe the likely appearance of the burn injury in this case and include what
classification or classifications would be involved. (Support your answer with six possible outcomes)
2. Using the ‘rule of nines,’ determine the approximate body surface area (BSA) of this
burn injury. Indicate how you arrived at this BSA. (Support your answer with five possible outcomes)
3. What type of treatment measures would be appropriate in this case? (Support your answer with five possible outcomes)
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