Question

The nurse stops at an accident scene to administer emergency care for a person who has sustained partial- and full-thickness burns to the chest, right arm, and upper legs as the result of a car fire. what should the nurse do first when caring for this person?

Answer 1

cover the person with a blanket and apply a sterile dressing to the burned ares.

Answer 2

The nurse must keep the victim warm and make dressings to prevent infections.

Step-by-step explanation:

The patient shown in the question above suffered burns over a very large area of his body. Although the question does not specify the degree of burns, we can imagine that there are burns from first to third degree, leaving much of the patient's body exposed and prone to infections.

For this reason, the first care that a nurse should do is to ensure that these exposed areas are covered with dressings that prevent possible infections, in addition it is important that the patient feels warm, but that the temperature of his body, due to the burn , be decreased.