Using the rule of nines, answer the following questions. A patient comes into the ER with full thickness burns on their left posterior
and anterior arm and left posterior and anterior leg.

What percentage or extent of the patients body has been burned?
%

Is this considered a critical burn?

if they were burned on each hand and arm as well as the front trunk portion of the body, using the rule of nines, they'd estimate the burned area as 36 percent of a person's body.

Explanation:

The size of a burn can be quickly estimated by using the "rule of nines." This method divides the body's surface area into percentages. The front and back of the head and neck equal 9% of the body's surface area. The front and back of each arm and hand equal 9% of the body's surface area.

answer apply a dressing and apply pressure,then get to the hospital;