A pre-hospital team encounters a 50-year-old male who has been in a fire. He has circumferential full-thickness burns to both lower legs. He is consci...

Question

A pre-hospital team encounters a 50-year-old male who has been in a fire. He has circumferential full-thickness burns to both lower legs. He is conscious, haemodynamically stable, and in significant pain. Using the Wallace Rule of Nines, what is the estimated TBSA of these burns?

Accepted Answer

18% (each lower leg = 9%)

Answer

9% (each lower leg = 4.5%)

Answer

27% (each lower leg = 13.5%)

Answer

12% (each lower leg = 6%)

Answer

36% (each lower leg = 18%)

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Burns TBSA Calculation

A pre-hospital team encounters a 50-year-old male who has been in a fire. He has circumferential full-thickness burns to both lower legs. He is conscious, haemodynamically stable, and in significant pain. Using the Wallace Rule of Nines, what is the estimated TBSA of these burns?