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Burns Learning Center

There are three levels of burns: First-degree burns affect only the outer layer of the skin. They cause pain, redness, and swelling; Second-degree (partial thickness) burns affect both the outer and underlying layer of skin. They cause pain, redne...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 19, 2008
Contact injuries to the skin and deeper tissues caused by exposure to flames, hot liquids or solids, radiant heat, caustic chemicals, electricity or electromagnetic (nuclear) radiation. Every year, in the United States, approximately two million p...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Burns are injuries to the tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Such injuries cause the breakdown of body proteins, death of cells, loss of body fluids, and edema .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds. ( Phototake . Reproduced by permission. )
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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