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18-year-old girl admitted for severe burns following her rescuefrom a burning house. She was transported by ambulance to theemergency room after being rescued from her burning house. She wasasleep at night when a spark from the family fireplace started afire, leaving her trapped in her bedroom. By the time the firerescue squad arrived, she had suffered severe burns and excessivesmoke inhalation. In the emergency room, she was conscious andanswered the questions properly. She had blisters in her anteriorof her chest and anterior part of her right arm and forearm. Alsoshe had sever burn in her both lower limbs (anterior and posteriorof both sides) that turn the limbs dark brown. She had pain in herchest and arm but no pain in her lower limbs. Answer the followingquestions; a) Which type or types of burn does she have? (2 points)b) Why she doesn’t have pain in lower limbs? (1 points) c) Why youmust estimate the surface area of the body is affected? (2 points)d) How you estimate the affected area of burn? (1 point) e) Why youmust estimate the affected area in this patient? (1 point) f) Whatare the two life threatening conditions in this patient? (2points)

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a 1Second degree superficial burns is present over chest and arms and forearm as blisters are formed over there which is seen on secondary superficial burns 2 Deep burns Third degree and fourth degrees seen in lower limbs as limb is dark brown b Pain is lost in Deep burns as the nerve    See Answer
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