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    Mr. Robert Smithson suffered partial-thickness burns over 18% of his neck and chest from a house fire and was diagnosed with respiratory distress. He has been treated intravenously and with wound irrigation, oxygen, pain medications, antibiotics, and tetanus prophylaxis. Upon discharge from the hospital, he will need continued wound cleaning, dressing changes, monitoring of his breathing, and follow-up care including skin care, breathing exercises, diet instructions, and limiting strenuous activity.

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    Mr. Robert Smithson suffered partial-thickness burns over 18% of his neck and chest from a house fire and was diagnosed with respiratory distress. He has been treated intravenously and with wound irrigation, oxygen, pain medications, antibiotics, and tetanus prophylaxis. Upon discharge from the hospital, he will need continued wound cleaning, dressing changes, monitoring of his breathing, and follow-up care including skin care, breathing exercises, diet instructions, and limiting strenuous activity.

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    Writing Task 12, Nov 29 Corrected

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    Mr. Robert Smithson suffered partial-thickness burns over 18% of his neck and chest from a house fire and was diagnosed with respiratory distress. He has been treated intravenously and with wound irrigation, oxygen, pain medications, antibiotics, and tetanus prophylaxis. Upon discharge from the hospital, he will need continued wound cleaning, dressing changes, monitoring of his breathing, and follow-up care including skin care, breathing exercises, diet instructions, and limiting strenuous activity.

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    Dr.

    Martins
    General Practitioner
    29 Cowslip Avenue
    Berkeley

    10 April 2018

    Re: Mr. Robert Smithson, 22 years old

    Dear Doctor,

    I am writing to update you about Mr. Robert Smithson, who was diagnosed with Partial-thickness burn
    and Respiratory distress. He is set to be discharged today and will be needing continuous monitoring
    and care.

    On 6 April, Mr. Smithson was brought to Berkeley General Hospital due to burns 18% TBSA on neck and
    chest following a house fire. He has been commenced with IV fluids, and irrigation with running cool tap
    water on the affected areas. He also suffered from respiratory distress and has been managed with high
    flow oxygen. Consequently, he has been stable as evidence by no infection, no fever, and all the
    laboratory work ups are within normal limit. He has been commenced with Naproxen, 500mg/tab twice
    a day, Tramadol HCL, 50mg/tab twice a day as needed, Gabapentin, 300mg/tab daily before bed time,
    and Tetanus prophylaxis.

    It would be greatly appreciated if you could continue to clean his wound and apply topical dressing.
    Daily auscultation of respiratory status will benefit him. Please note that skin care, breathing exercises,
    and recommended diet has been instructed. He has been advised to do light exercise and avoid contact
    sports. Lastly, he has an appointment on on 17 April at Burns Unit Outpatients.

    If you have any concerns or clarifications, please do not hesitate to contact me.

    Yours sincerely,
    Nurse
    Berkeley General Hospital

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