Part of the assessment of a thermal bun is to calculate the percentage of the body surface area that has been burned. Your patient has burns to his anterior torso and the anterior surface of his right arm. What is the estimated percentage of body surfaced burned?
A. 13.5%
B. 8%
C. 7%
D. 22.5%
Answer: D. 22.5%
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A. It is most beneficial for a patient to be fitted immediately for a prosthesis. B. Prosthetics come in standard sizes. C. Stump conditioning is needed when there is a delay in fitting. D. Sometimes a patient is fitted for a prosthesis before leaving the operating room.
Use the drug label to identify specific drug information in the questions that follow. 
What is the total volume of the drug container?
What will be an ideal response?
Most oral contraceptives are taken daily for how many days?
A) 7 B) 14 C) 21 D) 28
Which of the following is a true statement regarding drug metabolism during pregnancy or breastfeeding?
A) it is increased B) it is decreased C) it is not changed D) it is sometimes altered