
REBEL Core Cast 102.0 – Burn Management
REBEL Cast
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How to Estimate the Size of a Burn
The head in an infinite is worth 18% total body surface area where the legs are 13%. If someone has a history of an enclosed space fire, those are the indications that you may have an airway compromise. The patient should be intubated right away if they're not in respiratory distress. It's more aggressive to not intubate than that's intubated. Two patients who were watched and then went into emergency department because of vocal quadredema were not able to be mechanically intubated by the emergency department or hospital.
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