Bites and Burns Flashcards Preview

Emergency Med/Trauma > Bites and Burns > Flashcards

Flashcards in Bites and Burns Deck (14)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

Common pathogens to Dog and Cat bites

A

Pasteurella
S. aureus
S. viridans
Bacteriodes

2
Q

How to handle a domestic animal after a bite

A

Observe for 10 days and no vaccine

3
Q

How to handle a wild animal bite

A

Regard as rabid unless confirmed

RIG and Human Diploid Cell Vaccine

4
Q

Common pathogens from human bites

A

Eikenella
Staph and Strep
Treponema

5
Q

Manage bite wounds the same as you’d manage what other types of wounds?

A

Puncture wounds

6
Q

How to manage bite wounds

A

Debride and irrigate
Tetanus and Rabies
Antibiotics

7
Q

Name the 3 histopathologic zones of burn wounds

A

Zone of Coagulation
Zone of Stasis
Zone of Hyperemia

8
Q

What is the inside and burn zone?

A

Zone of coagulation

9
Q

What is the middle burn zone?

A

Zone of stasis

10
Q

What is the outside burn zone?

A

Zone of hyperemia

11
Q

The foot is approximately what % of the TBSA?

A

3.5%

12
Q

An injury to the epidermis and a portion of the dermis but not destroying the basal cell layer.

Painful blister with erythema

A

Superficial second degree burn

13
Q

Injury to much of the dermis and basal cell layer. Skin appendages are intact.

Dry, anesthetic, and mottled

A

Deep second degree burn

14
Q

Full thickness injury and includes skin appendages

Leathery, whitish to dark, thrombosed vessels and anesthetic

A

Third degree burn