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The nurse in the emergency department is caring for a 12-year-old child with full-thickness, circumferential burns to the chest, and has difficulty breathing. what is the priority intervention?
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When a 12-year-old child with full-thickness, circumferential burns to the chest is having difficulty in breathing intubation might help in this situation.
You also need to assess the patient burn wound. Eschar might restrict the chest wall motion and escharotomy is needed too.
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