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A 5-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department with a second-degree burn of his entire right arm and hand, anterior trunk and genital area, and front of right thigh. The nurse assesses the body surface area (BSA) percentage burn as ______.
 
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Using the Burn Size Estimation Table on page 695, the nurse can determine that for a 5-year-old child, the upper and lower arm = 5.5, the hand = 2.5, anterior trunk = 13, genital area = 1, and half of the thigh = 4. Together this totals to 26 BSA burn.
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Thank you for answering correctly!
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