Burn Rehabilitation

Secondary to external agents (heat, cold, chemicals, electricity, and radiation)
#1 cause of accidental deaths in children under 2 years¹
Leads to hypermetabolic state

DEPTH/DEGREE

Superficial thickness (first degree): epidermis only
- red and painful, heals spontaneously in 3 to 7 days
Partial thickness (second degree): 7 to 21 days to heal
- superficial: epidermis with blistering; basal layer remains intact
- deep: dermis involved with blistering
Full thickness (third degree): full epidermis and dermis involvement, with possible fat, muscle, or bone affected
- eschar forms and requires debridement with grafting