A Brief Note On Burns And Its Effects On Victims

The news article is about a badly burned firefighter that volunteers for a transplant. The firefighter got caught in a blaze of fire in a house search for a woman. The fireman name was Patrick Hardison and he was a forty one years old man. The roof had collapsed on Patrick giving him third degree burns on his head, neck and upper torso. Patrick is attending physical therapy at a hospital, after he leave Patrick is returning to his hometown Senatobia, Mississippi. Mr. Hardison had surgery on August 14 at NYU Langone Medical Center. The Doctors had used a layer of skin from his legs to cover his wounded head, his ears, lips, nose, and all his eyelid tissue. They had to use the skin grafts to reinforce the remaining of Patrick eyelids and sewed

Burns can range from first to third-degree with identifiable marking to each. Avid sun bathers have probably all experienced anything from a slight reddening to blistered skin. Each degree of burn destroys cells thereby disrupting homeostasis. Injury suffered by the epidermis, dermis, and possibly hypodermis, breaks down the protection the skin offers.

Prescribed burns are utilized throughout the US to prevent devastating wildfires. The use of prescribed burns provides many benefits and few significant deficits to fire-dependent forest ecosystems, therefore, the implementation of controlled burns should continue.

Nancy was an 80 year-old woman who was cooking dinner for her and her grandson. When the unthinkable happened, the long sleeved shirt that she was wearing caught fire. She yelled for help! Her grandson came to her rescue and helped her. 911 were called immediately. When the paramedics arrived on the scene, they evaluated Nancy and took her to the hospital due to her injuries. She sustained burns to the anterior and posterior right upper arm as well as the anterior and posterior thorax. Parts of her skin were black and charred and some parts of her skin had blisters. She was admitted into the hospital where doctors did further testing and treatment to her burns. Due to Nancy’s burns, her skin was severely affected.

Emily is left seriously burned after a science experiment at school went wrong. She left her hair out during an experiment and got too close to the Bunsen burner, which caused her to burn her hair and a portion of her face and scalp. The teacher was in a rush and didn’t explain the safety rules to the students. Emily put her face up to the Bunsen burner and her hair caught alight, partially burning her face. As the Bunsen burner wasn’t on the safety flame, the student received second degree burns to her left side of face.

The skin is the largest organ of the body, and consists of two layers the dermis and epidermis. The skin acts as a protective barrier against microbes and the elements; it also helps regulate body temperature, and permits the sensations of touch, heat, and cold. However, the skin can be compromised by injury, a burn is an injury that occurs to the flesh or skin, and can be caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation. Burns vary in their severity from minor partial-thickness superficial burns to full thickness third and fourth degree burns. For the purpose of this paper I will be focusing on major burns (e.g. full thickness third and fourth degree burns).

Burn victims, although rarely discussed in reference to the types of victims of psychological impairment and disorder, are the group of victims recorded with the highest percentages of the development of some of the most common psychological disorders. Stated by Dr. Nicholas Tarrier, his extensive research “indicates that at least 30% to 40% of burn injury patients will suffer from marked and persistent psychological disorders.” What sets burn victims apart from other trauma victims as far as aftermath is the painful and intrusive medical procedures required to treat them. The effects of a burn trauma tends to dramatically affect the victim’s ability to cope with life stressors, as well as constrict their ability to relate to others for either

I felt intense warmth around my bed frame. Just as I was about to open my eyes I sensed a strong surge of pain that overwhelmed my body, as I looked down at my legs, I saw a sea of orange flames devouring my bed sheets. It was in that moment that I realized that my house was on fire, and my legs were burned. This is an example of how most Americans experience home fires. In fact, residential properties have the most fire related “deaths (76.5%), fire injuries (78.0%) and fire dollar loss (55.0%)” in the United States (United States Fire Administration, 2013). The most popular injuries related to fires are burn wounds. Burn wounds can be categorized into three different levels: first degree, second degree, and third degree burns.

Burn injury is one of the most severe forms of critical illness and is associated with long-term complications. One concern is the long-term effects of burn-associated metabolic abnormalities in glucose and lipid metabolism, which lead to the high incidence of morbidity and mortality in this patient population [1].

Harold has sustained full thickness burns, partial thickness burns and superficial burns. These burns will have characteristics the full thickness burn destroys the epidermis and dermis layers of the skin and may penetrate more deeply into the underlying structures. A full thickness burn will have a dense white, waxy or even a charred appearance and is not sensitive to a light touch. A light touch is not felt by a patient as the sensory nerves in the dermis have been destroyed (Carville, 2012, p 95). The partial thickness burn extends into the deeper layer of the dermis and will appear moist or dry red or white tissue and blisters. The partial thickness burn has a diminished capillary return, with no or sluggish blanching when pressure is applied

Mr. Johnson is a 28 y/o African American man, presents with an 8 month history of heart burn in the epigastric region. Pt. reports “I have heart burn after each meal and it’s painful to swallow at times” Pt. reports a productive cough. The pt. throat is reddened. Pt states the pain worsens while lying down and rate pain 8 out of 10. Pt takes 3 antacid a day. Pt. has a history of hypertension and Asthma. Pt. reports sour taste in back of throat and regurgitation.

Participant/s: 61 participants were involved in the study. Each treated at a major regional medical burn centre experiencing a TBSA burned average of 13.95%. The participants were mainly men (83.1%) averaged to 36.86 years of age. Therefore, the participants were hospitalized individuals for severe burns and fitting the written criteria outlined in the study.

ildfires are extremely dangerous. They pose a serious threat of damage or destruction of property, and at times loss of life. Prescribed burns are fires which are purposefully set and controlled to help prevent, and limit wildfires in places where they cause damage, and replace wildfires in habitats which rely on regularly occurring fire.

Burns are a big pain to have. They are really painful and in some cases can really destroy skin. The way to treat burns depends on the classification of the burn. There are four classifications of burns, first degree, second degree, third degree, and fourth degree. Each classifications has different characteristics and severities as well as ways to treat it. The way that health professionals know how much of the body has burned is by something known as the, “Rule of Nines”. Each part of the body makes up a certain percentage of the body. Shown below are examples of this.

The words forest fire have a negative connotation to them, however at the right time and place, forest fires prove very beneficial to the environment. Burning prevents the hazardous buildup of flammable fuels, recycles nutrients, and improves the overall health of the ecosystem. Controlled fires mitigate the damaging impact of uncontrolled fires. Through prescribed burns, foresters prevent damages to human settlements and animal habitats. Overall, controlled or prescribed burns are necessary to secure the health and safety of the forest ecosystem and neighboring people.