Clinical Case 2
A 3-year-old presents to the emergency department with a burn covering the whole of her right arm. Mum tells you she had a large pot of soup cooling on the kitchen floor when the child came in, slipped and her arm landed in the boiling soup. Pre-hospital the ambulance crew had given her ibuprofen, paracetamol & intranasal diamorphine. On examination the child is very quiet and has blisters all over her arm.
Exam Summary
0 of 4 Questions completed
Questions:
Information
You have already completed the exam before. Hence you can not start it again.
Exam is loading...
You must sign in or sign up to start the exam.
You must first complete the following:
Results
Results
Time has elapsed
Categories
- Not categorized 0%
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Current
- Review
- Answered
- Correct
- Incorrect
-
Question 1 of 4
1. Question
What is the initial management of the burn wound?
Which of the following options is correct?
CorrectIncorrect -
Question 2 of 4
2. Question
On closer examination of the burn you can see multiple large thin-walled blisters on the arm.
With regard to the blisters should you?
CorrectIncorrect -
Question 3 of 4
3. Question
In some areas you notice that the skin is dry, has a blotchy red appearance with a delayed capillary refill time and looks similar to the picture shown.
What is the depth of the burn?
CorrectIncorrect -
Question 4 of 4
4. Question
You estimate that the size of the burn is 11%. The child weighs 14kg and it has been 2 hours since the time of the burn.
Does the child need fluid resuscitation and if so how much?
CorrectIncorrect