A patient sustained burns to the following body areas: both upper anterior arms, both lower anterior legs, and the anterior face and neck
The nurse uses the rule of nines to calculate this patient's total body surface area that is burned as being: Record your answer rounding to one decimal place.
31.5
Rationale : The upper anterior arm surface is a total of 9%. The lower anterior leg surface is 18%. The anterior face and neck is 4.5%. This patient's total body surface area burned is 31.5%
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