Hummm?

Feb 05, 2006 02:32 PM

by jennyga

Hi all! I am a nursing student and currently taking a pediatrics course, and I was woundering could someone tell me the difference in burns in a child as far as areas of %? Thank you!

gwenith · Feb 07, 2006, 06:54 PM

Re: Hummm?

I think my resources thread at the top of the forum has a link to this - if not try the resources thread at the top of the Paeds forum. I KNOW I have seen it somewhere

The 2 main differences though can be summed up in - larger head to torso ratio and larger surface area to mass ratio.

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