<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is incomplete . Please help to improve it, or discuss the issue on the talk page . (February 2015) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is incomplete . Please help to improve it, or discuss the issue on the talk page . (February 2015) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Wallace rule of nines is a tool used in pre-hospital and emergency medicine to estimate the total body surface area (BSA) affected by a burn . In addition to determining burn severity, the measurement of burn surface area is important for estimating patients' fluid requirements and determining hospital admission criteria . </P> <P> The rule of nines was devised by Pulaski and Tennison in 1947, and published by AB Wallace in 1951 . </P>

Purpose of the rule of nines when treating burn victims