Citation

High K, Vansell HJ. J. Emerg. Nurs. 2014; 41(4): 335-336.

Affiliation

Nashville, TN.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Emergency Nurses Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jen.2014.09.006

PMID

25442331

Abstract

An Asian woman sustained burns to her right arm during a home treatment for shoulder pain. She covered the wounds with a wet dressing and immediately called 911. Paramedics found the patient awake, alert, and ambulatory but in severe pain, which she rated as 8 on a scale from 0 to 10. The medics removed the wet dressing and applied a dry burn gauze to the affected area. Non-circumferential partial- and full-thickness burns were noted over her right shoulder and upper arm. The woman had full movement and sensation distal to the burn sites.

Language: en