A 5 Year Old Girl Is Brought To The Burns Unit After Playing With Her Mothers Cigarette Lighter In The Car. She Lit The Interior On Fire And Was Engulfed By Flames For Up To 2 Minutes Until Her Mother Came Back From The Parking Meter. She Was Dragged Out Of The Car, Undressed And Hosed Down With Cold Water For 30 Minutes Before She Was Brought To Hospital. On Examination She Is Conscious And Screaming In Pain. She Has Apparent White, Thick, Painless Burns All Over Both Legs And Feet, All The Way Up To Her Buttocks, Some Red Burns On The Front Of Her Trunk, But Not Including The Perineum. What Do You Tell Her Mother About Her Prognosis At This Stage? A) She Has Burns To About One 5th Of Her Body So She Should Be Stable B) The Smoke She Has Inhaled From The Fire May Be Carcinogenic C) It Is Too Early To Know How Deep The Burns Are, And How They Will Heal D) Skin Grafts May Be Difficult As They Will Come From The Back As She Grows This Will Cause Pain

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