03-15-2016, 11:50 AM
A4-year-old girl is brought by her mother to the emergency department after the girl was "placed in a hot bath." The patient appears to have extensive blistering of the thighs and buttocks, with slight damage to the underlying dermis. Her burns are best described as
(A) first-degree bums
(B) fourth-degree burns
© full-thickness burns
(D) second-degree burns
(E) third-degree burns
(A) first-degree bums
(B) fourth-degree burns
© full-thickness burns
(D) second-degree burns
(E) third-degree burns