Nutrition for Special Groups

Nutrition for Special Groups 3(3+0)

Lesson 35 : Burns

Extent of Injury (Physical Destruction of Skin)

The extent of a burn wound is defined as the percentage of total body surface damaged and may be determined by the Rule of Nines. This divides the body into areas of 9% or multiples of nine (figure I) and is modified for estimating the extent of burn injury in children (figure II).