Given the scenario, using the Rule of Nines and Lund and Bowder Method, I want you to compute the TBSA of the patients. Explain briefly or give the rationale for your answer. A 68 year old male patient has partial thickness burns to the front and back of the right and left leg, front of right arm, and anterior trunk?

Given the scenario, using the Rule of Nines and Lund and Bowder Method, I want you to compute the TBSA of the patients. Explain briefly or give the rationale for your answer. A 68 year old male patient has partial thickness burns to the front and back of the right and left leg, front of right arm, and anterior trunk?

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