Burns – Final Quiz | ActivHeal® Academy

What are the main categories of burns? (Please select from the list below)

Thermal heat
Industrial
Caustic chemicals
Electricity
Sun
Hot water
Radiation

A deep dermal burn can be said to be?

Full destruction of the epidermis and dermis, which may extend into the subcuticular layer and may involve muscle and bone.
Extend into deeper layers of the dermis and may involve the hair follicle or sweat glands.
Extend beyond the epidermis into the layer of the dermis.
Only the upper strata of the epithelium are damaged.

Thermal burns are caused by?

A spillage of strong acids or alkalis or other corrosive substances.
Caused by flame, hot water or steam, other hot liquids and hot surfaces.
Caused by an electrical current passing through the body.
Over exposure to the sun.

A non-complex burn can be described as:

…a partial-thickness thermal burn can be described as a burn covering > (greater than) 15% total body surface area TSBA in adults or >10% in children (>5% in children younger than 1 year) that does not affect a critical* area >1% of the body. *(Burns to hands, feet, face, perineum, or genitalia, burns crossing joints and circumferential burns)…

True
False

A full-thickness burn can be said to be… (select the correct statement)

Full destruction of the epidermis and dermis, which may extend into the subcuticular layer and may involve muscle and bone.
Extend into deeper layers of the dermis and may involve the hair follicle or sweat glands.
Extend beyond the epidermis into the layer of the dermis.
Only the upper strata of the epithelium are damaged.

Escharotomy can be defined as… (select the correct statement)

A deep surgical removal of devitalised tissue.
A recently inflicted wound.
Separation of the opposed edges of a surgical wound.
An incision through deep circumferential burns of the limbs or trunk in order to relieve the tourniquet effect.

What is the management of deep dermal and full thickness burns?

Provision of moist wound environment.
Through wound cleansing.
Infection management
Excision of necrotic tissue and where appropriate, skin grafting for speedy healing.
All of the above

A superficial dermal burn can be said to be… (select the correct statement)

Full destruction of the epidermis and dermis, which may extend into the subcuticular layer and may involve muscle and bone.
Extend into deeper layers of the dermis and may involve the hair follicle or sweat glands.
Extend beyond the epidermis into the layer of the dermis.
Only the upper strata of the epithelium are damaged.

Radiation burns are caused by?

Over exposure to the sun.
A spillage of strong acids or alkalis or other corrosive substances.
Caused by flame, hot water or steam, other hot liquids and hot surfaces.
Caused by an electrical current passing through the body.

What type of skin grafting consists of the epidermis and a small portion of the dermis?

Composite grafts
Full-thickness graft
Split-thickness graft

In the initial management of burns – the ABC-DE approach – what does the E stand for?

Exudate
Exposure
Experience
Expectation

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