A 21-year-old male sustained a severe burn to his left leg while working on an industrial furnace. Coworkers immediately doused his flaming pants and removed them. Your primary assessment reveals no threats to the airway, breathing, or circulation. While performing the secondary assessment on his leg, which finding would be most critical?
A) Partial-thickness burn completely encircling the lower leg
B) Pain described as "the worst I have ever felt"
C) Blisters on the lower leg that are broken and draining fluid
D) Skin on the posterior lower leg that is sloughing off
A) Partial-thickness burn completely encircling the lower leg
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A) Blanchard and Peale B) Helsinski C) Nuremberg D) none of the above
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a. SID. b. OID. c. SOD. d. all of the above