Absence of Skin in Third-Degree Burns & Skeletal Mass and Fractures
Part A
Patients with third-degree burns demonstrate the loss of vital functions performed by the skin.
- What are the two most important problems encountered clinically with such patients? Explain each in terms of the absence of skin.
Part B
- During what period of life does skeletal mass increase dramatically? Begin to decline?
- Why are fractures most common in elderly individuals?
- Why are greenstick fractures most common in children?