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All right, let's get in this question.
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So this question is a 7 -year -old boy is a patient in your intensive care unit.
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He was on a camping trip with his family when he accidentally fell on the campfire, causing severe second and third degree burns over 60 % of his body.
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The clinical care team tells his parents that it will be critical to maintain their son's airway and keep his fluid levels high.
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All right, so the first question is, if the father is confused and asks you why his son's fluid level is important after a burn.
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How would you explain this to him? so the best way to explain why fluid levels are important after a burn is to simply explain what the skin is and what the skin does.
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So i would start by explaining to him that the skin is simply a protective barrier that helps keep us insulated and helps contain bodily fluids.
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Okay.
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So after explaining that to him, i would then explain to him that a burn can expose a large surface area to the open.
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And we can easily lose fluids seeping out from that area, especially in this case where his son has 60 % burned, 60 % of his whole entire body was burned.
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So that means that now 60 % of his body is exposed to the open, and so it's very, very easy for him to lose fluids in this situation.
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Okay.
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Going into question number two, after your explanation, the father of nods that he understands, he then asked how you will measure his son's fluid levels.
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So this one, i would say, you know, i explain that there are very, there are so many different methods that we can use...