You are called by the owner of a restaurant for a female patron who spilled hot tea onto her right thigh. Your assessment reveals the burn area to be soft, red, and painful. The skin is intact with no blister formation noted, although some edema is present. Based on these assessment findings, you would recognize this injury as belonging to which category of burn?

A) Superficial
B) Partial thickness
C) Deep partial thickness
D) Full thickness


A) Superficial

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