An adolescent is in the emergency department with partial-thickness burns covering his right anterior thigh, his abdomen, and his right anterior arm
The nurse calculates the total body surface area (TBSA) burned as ____________________.
ANS:
13.5 %
Using the Rule of 9s on this adolescent, the right anterior thigh is 9%, the abdomen is approximately 9% (half of 18% for the anterior torso), and the right anterior arm is 4.5%.
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