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A patient is brought to the burns department with burns third degree burns involving 36% of the body surface area. On initial examination the patient has a patent airway but the doctor suspects airway burns. All of the following are danger points which suggest an inhalational burn injury except

ExplanationC. Burns involving the airways in a burns patient are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The danger points which suggest inhalational injury in a burns patient are: a. Singed nasal air b. Burns involving the face c. Carbonaceous deposits in the sputum d. Burns in a closed room.