Part of the Trauma practice questions exam area.
This page holds 200 free practice questions for Chapter 33, Burns, covering skin anatomy and burn shock, burn depth, estimating burn size with the rule of nines and Lund-Browder, burn severity and burn center referral, cooling, dressings, fluid resuscitation, and pain control, inhalation injury with carbon monoxide and cyanide, chemical, electrical, lightning, and radiation burns, and circumferential, pediatric, geriatric, and abuse-related burns. They are written for paramedic and EMT students working through Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th edition. Every question shows the correct answer with a short explanation as soon as you tap, so you learn while you test rather than waiting until the end.
Study it two ways: the 10 Question Blitz, a quick round where every right answer lights a siren and any misses lead into Lights & Sirens, a 5-in-a-row drill on that section, or the full 100-question test drawn at random from the whole chapter. After each test you get a score and a section-by-section breakdown. Progress on the full test is saved on your device, so you can stop and pick up later.
A man has a deep partial-thickness burn on his forearm from a workshop fire. Which history question is especially important to include in your report?
Answer: D. When he last had a tetanus shot
Burns break the skin barrier and leave dead tissue, so partial- and full-thickness burns are tetanus-prone wounds and immunization status guides hospital care. An aloe allergy, past sunburns, and clothing color do not change management.
A cook briefly touched a hot oven rack. The spot is red and painful, with no blisters. With routine care, this burn will usually:
Answer: A. Heal within a week without a scar
Superficial (first-degree) burns involve only the epidermis and typically heal in 3 to 7 days, often with peeling but without scarring. Grafting is for deep burns, and long healing or thick scarring suggests deep partial- or full-thickness injury. Superficial burns are not counted in TBSA for fluid resuscitation.
In the adult rule of nines, the entire head and neck account for:
Answer: D. 9%
The adult head is 9%. In infants the head is about 18%, which is the figure students often confuse with the adult value.
Most students use the 10 Question Blitz for daily practice and take the full 100-question test in the days before a class exam or NREMT practice. Lights & Sirens after a blitz is the fastest way to close gaps the night before a test.
Every question in this chapter is also listed by section, with answers, on the topic pages above. See all paramedic topics or take the NREMT paramedic practice test.
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