Using the "rule of nines," calculate the percent of injury in an adult who was injured as follows: the patient sustained partial and full-thickness burns to half of his left arm, his entire left leg, and his perineum
a. 28% c. 45.5%
b. 23.5% d. 16%
B
The arm represents 4.5%, the leg 18%, and the perineum 1%, totaling 23.5%.
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