Diane's Treatment in the Burn Unit When Diane arrived at the hospital, she wa...

Diane's Treatment in the Burn Unit

When Diane arrived at the hospital, she was transferred to the ICU burn unit. She had second-degree burns that caused damage to the underlying layers of skin and thirddegree burns that caused damage to all the layers of the skin. Because body fluids are lost when deep burns occur, a lactated Ringer's solution was administered. The most common complications of burns are related to infection. To prevent infection, her skin was covered with a topical antibiotic. The next day Diane was placed in a tank to remove dressings, lotions, and damaged tissue. Dressings and ointments were changed every eight hours. Over a period of 3 months, grafts of Diane's unburned skin were used to cover burned areas. She remained in the burn unit for 3 months and then was discharged. However, Diane returned to the hospital for more skin grafts and plastic surgery. The arson investigators determined that gasoline was the primary accelerant used to start the fire at Diane's house. Because there was a lot of paper and dry wood in the area, the fire spread quickly. Some of the hydrocarbons found in gasoline include hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane, and toluene.

Write the balanced chemical equation for the complete combustion of each of the following hydrocarbons found in gasoline used to start a fire:

a. hexane

b. octane