Escharotomy is the placing of incisions into the burned tissues to release the tightness. Do not extend the incisions into the deeper tissues; cut through the burned tissue only. Incisions must be placed with care to pre-vent injury to the important underlying nerves, tendons, and vessels. Escharotomy can be done at the bedside. Caution: Escharotomy can be
Local exchange carrier. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) is a regulatory term in telecommunications for the local telephone company. In the United States, wireline telephone companies are divided into two large categories: long distance (interexchange carrier, or IXCs) and local (local exchange carrier, or LECs). This structure is a result of 1984 divestiture of then-regulated monopoly carrier American Telephone & Telegraph.
Federal Communications Commission. Collocation Requirements. Later in 1999, the Enforcement Bureau received information from competing LECs alleging that GTE had refused to allow them to collocate using a cageless arrangement until August 1, 1999, two months after the effective date of Section 51.323(k).