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TABLE 17-8 Burns

Depth

Appearance

Pain

Time to heal

Superficial

Dry, red

Blanches with pressure

Painful

3 to 6 days

Superficial partial thickness

Blisters

Moist, red, weepy

Will blanch with pressure

Painful to temperature and air

1 to 3 weeks

Deep partial thickness

Blisters (easily unroofed)

Wet or waxy or dry

Variable color (patchy to cheesy white to red)

Does not blanch with pressure

Only perceptive of pressure

> 3 weeks, usually requires surgical intervention

Full thickness

Waxy white to leathery gray to charred and black

Dry and inelastic

Does not blanch with pressure

Deep pressure only

Rarely heals without surgical intervention (skin grafts)

Fourth degree

Extends to fascia and/or muscle

Deep pressure

Never, unless surgically treated