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As part of the trauma team, you assess the 5-year-old girl who has partial thickness burns to her anterior chest and abdomen. She has full thickness circumferential burns to both upper limbs. She has superficial erythema to the dorsal aspects of her feet.
You do not have access to a technological device/app.
Part a) Which body areas mentioned would you include in your estimate of the total body surface area (TBSA) percentage of burns? (0.5 marks).
Part b) How can you best estimate this child’s percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) burns? (0.5 marks).
Describe the difference between an “escharotomy” and “fasciotomy”? (0.5 marks for each correct component; maximum 1 mark).
According to APLS (advanced paediatric life support) Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines 2015, list 2 indications for transferring a paediatric patient with burns, to a specialist burns service.
(0.5 marks for each correct component; maximum 1 mark).