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Superficial Burns - Coggle Diagram
Superficial Burns
Initial burn management
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Run cool water over burn (controversial but often deployed) for 20 minus to reduce depth of injury, increase reepithelialization, and improve cosmetic outcomes
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Pain control is necessary - adequate analgesia should be achieved prior to cleaning the wound and dressing it
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Treat superficial burns with topical application of lotion, honey, aloe vera, or antibiotic ointment - accelerate repair and reduces drying out
Topical NSAIDs and aloe vera can reduce pain - topical corticosteroids have not shown to reduce inflammatory reaction and should not be used
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Referral to Burn Center
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Burns involving face, hands, feet, perineum, genitalia
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Third degree burns in any age group, partial thickness burn with >10% BSA
Elderly Burn Care
Loss of hair follicles, skin thinning and loosening increases burn risk
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Prevention
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6-16 YO may experiment with lighters, matches, firecrackers, and gasoline
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Superficial
Partial Thickness- 2nd degree, involve all of the epidermis as well as part of the underlying dermis.
Blisters, weeping wet and erythematous skin
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1st Degree- Erythematous, painful, dry
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Long Term Management
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Cellulitis
Often caused by staph aureus, strep pyogenes, pseudomonas, klebsiella, acinetobacter
Classification
Minor Burns:
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May not involve hands, face, genitalia, perineum or feet