Question 44 · LDEK · Trauma

Which of the following symptoms indicates a second degree burn?

  1. A. pain only and skin redness.
  2. B. hard and tight skin.
  3. C. blistering with serous fluid.
  4. D. charring of tissue.
  5. E. none of the above.
Hint

Match each burn degree with its typical skin finding: erythema only, fluid-filled lesions, leathery painless skin, charring.

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