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Acute Biologic Cause
Acute Biologic Cause
Burns
- Occurs when injury to the tissues of the body is
caused by heat, chemicals, electrical current, or
radiation
- Should be viewed as preventable
- Results in 10-20 thousand deaths annually
- Survival best at 15-45 years old Epidermis- thick as paper, non-living epithelial cells,
- Children, elderly , and diabetics provides protective barrier of skin, regulate
- Survival best burns cover less than 20% of TBA body temp, fluid and electrolytes
Influences: burning agents, duration of contact time,
excessive heat, type of tissue that is injured Depth of burn
- Burns have been defined by degrees (1st, 2nd,
Types of burn injury 3rd, and 4th)
- Thermal burn - ABA advocates categorizing the burn according
- Chemical burn to depth of skin destruction. (partial-thickness
- Smoke inhalation burn burn, full-thickness burn)
- Electrical burns
- Cold thermal injury 1. Superficial partial thickness burn
- Involves the epidermis: reddish intact, skin;
Thermal burn painful
- Caused by flame, flash, scald or contact with hot
objects 2. Deep Partial Thickness burn
- Most common type of burn - Destruction of the epidermis
- Involves the dermis; moist surface; with blisters;
Chemical burns
painful; red ; shiny ; wet ; severe pain
- Result from tissue injury and destruction from
- Hospitalization required over 25% of body
acids, alkalis, and organic compound
- Alkali burns are hard to manage because they surface involve
cause protein hydrolysis and liquefaction. (it - Takes longer to heal
adheres to the tissue)
- Damage continues after alkali is neutralized 3. Full thickness burn
- Can be found in fertilizers, ovens - Total destruction of epidermis, dermis,
underlying tissue (fats, muscle, bones)
Radiation - Wound color: white, red, brown, black
- Result from radiant energy being transferred to - Burned areas are painless because nerve fibers
the body resulting in production of cellular are destroyed
toxins - Not enough skin cell to regenerate
Electrical Burns
4. Deep full thickness ( 4th degree ) –
Results for the conversion of electrical energy into heat.
- Involves injury to muscles and bone = appears
Extent of injury depends on the type of current, the
black (eschars) – hard and inelastic healing
pathway, of flow, local tissue resistance and duration of
contact. takes weeks to months; grafts are required.
First-aid: cervical immobilization
Extent of burns
Classification of burn injury - Two commonly used guides for determining the
Severity of injury is determined by total body surface area
- Depth of burn Lund-Browder chart- considered more
- Extent of burn in percent of Total Body Surface accurate. (age in proportion to body area
Area size)
- Location of burn Rule of nine- considered adequate for initial
- Patient risk factors
assessment of adult patients
Superficial burns are not involved in the
calculation
Lund- browder chart - Macrophages: a type of white blood that ingest
(takes in) foreign material. Macrophages are
key players in the immune response to foreign
invaders such as infectious microorganisms.
Fluid shift
- Occurs after initial vasoconstriction, then
dilation
- Blood vessel dilate and leak fluid into the
interstitial space
- Known as third spacing or capillary leak
syndrome
- Causes decreased blood volume and blood
pressure
- Occurs within the first 12 hours after the burn
and can continue to up to 36 hours.
Fluid imbalances
- Occurs as a result of fluid shift and cell damage
Rule of Nine
- Hypovolemia
- Considered adequate for initial assessment of
adult patients. ( used when no specific age is - Metablic acidosis
given ) - Hyperkalemia
Head and Neck = 9% - Hyponatremia
Each upper extremity ( arms ) = 9% ( 4.5%each - Hemoconcentration ( elevated blood osmolality
side ) , hematocrit/ hemoglobin) due to dehydration
Each lower extremity ( leg ) = 18%
Anterior trunk = 18% Fluid Remobilization
Post. Trunk = 18% - Occurs after 24 hours
Genitalia ( perineum ) =1 % - Capillary leak stops
- See diuretics stage where edema fluid shifts
Baby/ infants from the interstitial spaces into the vascular
Head and neck = 21% space
Each arm = 10% - Blood volume
Back =13% - Increases leading to increased renal blood flow
Buttocks =5 % and diuresis
abdomen = 13% - Body weight returns to normal
Each leg = 13.5 - See hypokalemia
Genital area = 1%
CURLING’S ULCER
PARKLAND ( BAXTER ) FORMULA for fluid replacement - Acute ulcerative gastro duodenal disease
- 4ml lactated Ringer’s Solution x Kg body mass X - Occur within 24 hours after burn due to
total percentage of body surface burned reduced GI blood flow mucosal damage
- 1st 8 hours = ½ of total hour fluid replacement - Treat clients with h2 blockers, mucoprotectants
- Next 8 hrs = ¼ of total and early enteral nutrition
- Last 8 hrs = ¼ of total - Watch for sudden drop in hemoglobin
DIAGNOSTIC:
Glucose level
BUN Inc- protein intake
Creatinine Inc
hematocrit Inc
ABG- metabolic acidosis
An ABG test may be most useful when a
INTERVENTION person’s breathing rate is increased or
- management of complication decreased or when the person has very high
- Evaluation therapy blood sugar levels, a severe infection, or heart
- management of dehydration failure
Follow up phase
Send labeled, iced specimen to the lab Step1: analyze the pH
immediately - The first step in analyzing ABGs is to look at the
Palpate the pulse distal to the puncture site pH. Normal blood pH is 7.4. plus, or minus 0.05,
Assess for cold hands, numbness, tingling or forming the range 7.35 to 7.45. if the blood pH
discoloration falls below 7.35 it is acidic. If blood pH rises
Documentation include: result of Allen’s test, above 7.45 it is alkalotic.
time the sample was drawn, temperature,
puncture site, time pressure was applied and if Step 2: Analyze the CO2
O2 therapy is there - Below 35 is alkalotic; above 45 is acidic
Make sure it’s noted on the slip whether the
Step 3: analyze the HCO3 (same with pH)
patient is breathing room air or oxygen. If
- If the HCO3 is below 22, acidotic. If above, 26;
oxygen, document the number of liters. If the
alkalotic
patient is receiving mechanical ventilation, FIO2
should be documented
Step 4: match the CO2 or the HCO3 with the pH
- If the pH is acidotic, and the CO2is acidotic,
Potential complications
then the acid base disturbance is being caused
Pain
by respiratory system. Therefore, we call it
Hematoma, hemorrhage
respiratory acidosis. If the pH is alkalotic and
Trauma to vessel the HCO3 is alkalotic, is is more on metabolic or
Distal ischemia renal system. Therefore, metabolic alkalosis
Any process that changes the bronchial diameter of
Step 5: does the CO2 or HCO3 go tot the opposite width affects airway resistance and alters the rate
direction of pH airflow for a given pressure gradient
- If so (opposite side), there is compensation by
the system. EXAMPLE. pH is acidotic, the CO2 Ventilation – Compliance
acidotic and the HCO3 is alkalotic, then it is A measure of elasticity, expandability, and
respiratory acidosis, and HCO3 is alkalotic. The distensibility of the lungs and thoracic structures
Co2 matches the pH making acid-bas disorder.
If the respiratory system fails:
Step 6: analyze the PO2 and O2 saturation Blood will not be oxygenated
- If they are below normal, there is evidence of Co2 will not be removed
hypoxemia (PaO2)
- Hypoxic – No O2 Therapy Respiratory failure
- Hypoxemic- With intervention Defined as:
metabolic alkalosis – vomiting PaO2 < 50 mmHg (hypoxemia)
PaCO2 > 50 mmHg (hypercapnia)
*If pH is normal, HCO3 and PaCO2 are abnormal Fully
Compensated pH < 7.35
*If pH is abnormal and HCO3 and PaCO2 are abnormal
Partially compensated Respiratory failure
*If pH is abnormal, either HCO3 or PaCO2 is normal
Uncompensated Exists when the exchange of oxygen for carbon
dioxide in the lungs cannot keep up with the
rate of oxygen consumption and the carbon
Acute Respiratory Failure dioxide production by the cells of the body
Weaning
Predictors of successful
- A vital capacity of at at least 15mL/kg of body
weight;
- A negative inspiratory pressure of less than 30
cm
- In the clinical practice additional parameters
such as minutes volume, oxygenation , mean
arterial pressure , arterial pH, and work of Conclusions:
breathing may also be used. - As patients requiring mechanical ventilation
- Standard weaning parameters are less helpful move beyond the acute unstable phase of their
with patients requiring long- term mechanical illness, they no longer require intensive
ventilation monitoring and management.
- Many studies ( burns at a;., 1995 ) indicate that - Specialty units or general medical-surgical floors
the use of a variety of indicators maybe are often able to provide care to these stable
necessary patients which focuses on rehabilitation and
- Burns, Burns, and Truwit ( 1994) reviewed and weaning from the ventilator.
compared five weaning scales that can be used.
- An understanding of the reasons for prolonged
mechanical ventilation is necessary for each
Mechanical ventilation
Patients with acute respiratory failure patient and the type of ventilation used helps
frequently require intubation and mechanical the nurse establish realistic goals for the
ventilation treatment and care of individual patients
Important to minimize due to: - Using physical, nutritional and ventilator
Complications: assessment techniques helps identify nursing
1. Infection interventions and plan care to meet the goals
2. Problems associated with positive pressure identified.
3. Alterations related to endotracheal intubation - as weaning and rehabilitation progress,
4. Loss of verbal communication avoiding complications or identifying early
signs and symptoms of complications will increase in the wall (if there is stress in the wall) = helps
help prevent extended hospitalization in promoting diuresis.
- Recovery of stable patients needing • Pulmonary function test
prolonged mechanical ventilation may o to find out the ventilation perfusion
depend on their nurses’ knowledge, skill and o For anesthesia
individualized interventions to help them set • Chest radiography- shows enlargement of the
and achieve goal. peripheral lung field
Meds
- Calcium channel Blockers