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Burns Learning Center
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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...
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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...
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Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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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 .
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds. ( Phototake . Reproduced by permission. )
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