Percentage of body surface area burned (% TBSA)

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A bombing incident brought an influx of patients in the nearby hospitals. The following patients had been admitted.

Determine the following for each burned patient and show tour complete solution:

  1. Percentage of body surface area burned (% TBSA)
  2. Total fluid volume replacement
  3. Fluid for the 1st 8 hours and the fluid volume for the next 16 hours

A 66-year-old female patient, Naomi, has deep partial-thickness burns to both of the legs on the back, front and back of the trunk, both arms on the front and back, and front and back of the head and neck.

  1. % TBSA=______
  2. Total fluid volume replacement=_______
  3. IVF volume for the 1st 8 hours = _________
  4. IVF volume for over the next 16hours = _________
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