Thursday, May 21, 2009

Pediatric burns

1. What is the rule of 9s in children?
2. What does placing a burn victim in a comfortable position promote?
3. What is the prime location for acute decubiti in children?

Answers:
1. For a child <1 year, 9% is taken from the legs and added to the head. For each subsequent year, 1% is returned to the legs until 9 years old.
2. Contracture.
3. Occiput.

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