Cold air pool atpl
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Burnt: a lesion xl'efecte increased temperature
- Thermal: xcontacte with a heat source
- chemical x contact a chemical agent, acid or base.
- Electrical: 1 x touch with electrical source.
Severe burns the skin ceases to fulfill its protective function, the affected area loses body fluids
Assessment of burns:
- Extension: body surface area affected, and if the burn is extensive loss of fluid can produce a significant decrease in blood volume (hypovolemic shock.) Location and extent: determining the complications affecting the area of the body determines the severity of injury.
- Depth: determines the evolution (layers involved)
- First grade: + surface layer of skin (epidermis)
- Second degree: epidermis and all or part of the dermis
- Receiving NO BOTTLES