(Solved): The Parkland Formula is used to calculate the amount of fluid (in milliliters) that should be give ...

The Parkland Formula is used to calculate the amount of fluid (in milliliters) that should be given to a patient with burns over their first 24 hours of care. We'll define our variables like this: TBSA \( = \) Percentage of Total Body Surface Area Burned \[ W=\text { weight in } \mathrm{kg} \] To calculate the TBSA, you'll use the Rule of 9's. Each of the following represent approximately \( 9 \% \) of the human body: Head, Left Arm, Right Arm, Upper Front Torso, Upper Back Torso, Lower Front Torso, Lower Back Torso, Upper Left Leg, Upper Right Leg, Lower Left Leg, Lower Right Leg Once you know your variables, you can substitute them into Parkland's Formula to find the amount of fluid given (in milliters) over the first 24 hours of care: \[ \text { Fluid }=4 \cdot T B S A \cdot W \] You will give \( 50 \% \) of the fluid in the first 8 hours and \( 50 \% \) of the fluid over the last 16 hours. An adult patient has come into the burn unit during your shift. You take an inventory of the location of their burns in the chart below. Given that their weight/mass is \( 66.8 \mathrm{~kg} \), determine how much fluid they should receive per hour in the first 8 hours of their care. Answer to the nearest hundredth of a liter (two decimal places). A different patient had been admitted before your shift, and you are reading their chart. They have been in treatment for 8 hours, so it is time to change their fluid intake. Given that this patient's weight/mass is \( 83 \mathrm{~kg} \), determine how much fluid they should receive per hour in the next 16 hours of their care. Answer to the nearest hundredth of a liter (two decimal places).