NURSING 3PA2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Catecholamine, Smoke Inhalation
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Requires a balance between health & disease; is complex b/c multiple systems must work together; helps us to adapt to changes in our environment both externally & internally. Burn - traumatic injury to the skin, primarily caused by thermal or other acute exposures (i. e. - extreme cold, electricity, radiation, or chemicals) No canadian stats, but 1. 3 million burn injuries require medical attention in america each year. Almost 6% of burn injury pt"s die & those who sustained smoke inhalation injury are at greater risk of dying. The most common type of burn injury is thermal; for canadian children it"s scalds w/ almost half of burns in children being caused by hot liquids and vapours. Aren"t classified as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree but by depth of tissue injury: superficial, partial, and full- thickness. 4th degree is still used to describe the most severe burns extending into the muscle, bone or joints.
