RULE OF NINES

RULE OF NINES

• The volume of fluid can be estimated indirectly by determining how much of
• the body surface is burned.
• This method divides the body into 11 areas, each accounting for 9 percent of the total body surface area.
• Later infection become the most important threat and is the leading cause of death in burn victims.

CONTINUED

• Burned skin is sterile for about 24 hours.
• After that, pathogens such as bacteria and fungi easily invade areas where the skin
• has been destroyed and multiply rapidly in the nutrient rich environment of dead
• tissues.
• Making matters worse, the patients immune system becomes depressed within one to two days after the burn.