6. What are the clinical features of burns?
Correct answer: Stress reaction; hypovolaemic shock; airway; toxaemia; pain; anaemia; plasma loss.
5. What are the characteristics of a full thickness burn?
Correct answer: Full thickness burns completely destroy the skin. There may be initial blistering but this is soon replaced by a coagulum or slough; more often this is present from the onset in an intense deep burn. Unlike the more…
4. What are the characteristics of a partial thickness burn?
Correct answer: Partial thickness burns vary in appearance and severity:
3. How are burns classified?
Correct answer: Burns may be classified into partial thickness and full thickness, depending on whether or not the germinal epithelial layer of the skin is intact or destroyed.
