A victim of a home fire is being treated at the scene. The emergency medical technician reports that the burn has affected all layers of the skin and appears to have damaged some muscle, too. What is the depth of the burn?

A burn that destroys all layers of the skin is full thickness. Damage extending into muscle can occur with a particularly deep full-thickness burn, so the best choice is full thickness, not superficial or partial thickness.

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