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CBRN Rehabilitation & Scar Management Flashcards

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  1. Which feature best distinguishes a hypertrophic scar from a keloid?

    Answer: A hypertrophic scar stays within the borders of the original wound

    Hypertrophic scars stay within the original wound margins and often regress, while keloids grow beyond them.

  2. A patient with a mature hypertrophic burn scar is referred for fractional ablative CO2 laser therapy. What is the main expected benefit?

    Answer: Better scar pliability, texture, and range of motion

    Fractional CO2 laser remodels scar collagen, improving pliability, thickness, texture, and often mobility.

  3. A burn patient develops pain and progressive loss of range of motion in one joint weeks after injury, and heterotopic ossification is suspected. Which joint is most commonly affected?

    Answer: Elbow

    The elbow is the most common site of heterotopic ossification in burn patients.

  4. A patient with healed burns has intense pruritus that disturbs sleep. Which approach is most appropriate?

    Answer: Frequent fragrance-free moisturizers plus antihistamines or gabapentin as ordered

    Burn pruritus is managed with emollients plus antihistamines or neuromodulators such as gabapentin or pregabalin.

  5. Which discharge teaching about sun exposure is correct for a patient with newly healed grafts?

    Answer: Use broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher and protective clothing for at least the first year

    Immature healed skin is prone to hyperpigmentation and sunburn, so strict sun protection is needed until the scar matures.

  6. A patient asks when the burn scar will be considered mature. Which response is most accurate?

    Answer: Usually 12-18 months, sometimes up to 2 years

    Scar remodeling continues for about 12-18 months or longer, ending in a flat, pale, pliable mature scar.

  7. After a split-thickness skin graft over the elbow, when is active range of motion of that joint usually resumed?

    Answer: After about 3-5 days of immobilization, once graft adherence is confirmed

    Grafted joints are usually immobilized for about 3-5 days so the graft can adhere, then ROM resumes per protocol.

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