(Read the following and answer the question below. You can u…
(Read the following and answer the question below. You can use the Rule of Nines form to assist you with answering this question). While cooking dinner, a grease fire erupted on the stove and burned Jim. He was taken to the emergency room after neighbors heard his fire alarm ringing and came to his aid. Upon arrival, he was unconscious, with partial and full thickness burns of his face and neck, both arms and hands (anterior and posterior), and the upper third of the anterior chest. He is having difficulty breathing and is moaning in pain. He is coughing up black, soot like material. Jim is a widower, 86 years old and he lives in an elderly apartment complex. Neighbors indicated that he is frequently in the common area of the apartment, playing cards with friends. Based on the rule of nines, at what would you estimate the extent of body surface area burned?