Identify what percent total body surface area is burned


Problem: You are receiving bedside shift report from the dayshift nurse on a burn unit. The nurse tells you that the patient have both of his arms burned, all of this anterior trunk burned and groin, all of anterior legs burned, and no burns on his face and neck, posterior trunk, or posterior legs. What % total body surface area is burned? The patient weighs 185lbs. Using the Parkland Formula, how much fluid resuscitation would you expect to give to the patient?

 

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