Jesse E. answered • 09/13/19
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This is also referred to as a full thickness burn and organs and bones may be damaged. To recover from this, debridement, removing unhealthy tissue from the wound, or surgical procedures, such as skin grafting, are used to treat the patient. With the epidermal layer, which acts as a barrier between the environment and the internal system of the body, being completely damaged, patients with third degree burns are at serious risk of infection. According to the CDC, up to 10,000 burn victims die from infections yearly. For this reason, the main concern for the medical team is cleaning the burned areas and regrowing new tissue.
