A 3 year old child suffers from burn injury with the following body pas involved: face including scalp, both buttocks and circumferentially around both thighs. How much is TBSA involved?
Ans is 'c' i.e. 0.35 Using Modified Lund-Browder cha: Area Percentage Face 8.5 Scalp 8.5 Both buttocks 2.5 + 2.5 = 5 Both thighs circumferentially 3.25 x 2 + 3.5 x 2 = 13 Total body surface area 35
0.25
0.26
0.35
0.45