Burns

With bonfire night approaching we thought it would be a good time to have a think about burns.

However burns are a significant issue at all times of year with around 130,000 presentations to UK EDs annually, 10,000 cases are admitted to hospital, 500 of these have severe burns and 200 of these will die. But most importantly intervention that we make can make a big difference to both morbidity and mortality, really affecting outcomes.

Throughout this episode we’ll be covering the essential first responder management, all the way through to the critical care that maybe required for the sickest of burns patients.

In the podcast we cover

Burn type and burn severity
The importance of history
Assessing burn extent
Assessing burn depth
The A-E assessment and specifics regarding the burns patient
NAI, antibiotics, tetanus cover, analgesia, special circumstances eyes & chemicals
Conveyance and destination

As always we’d love to hear any thoughts or comments you have on the website and via twitter, we look forward to hearing from you.

Enjoy!

Simon, Rob & James

References

British Burn Association First Aid Clinical Practice Guidelines

BBA Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Burn Blisters

BBA Clinical Practice Guideline for Deroofing Burn Blisters

RCEMLearning; Major Trauma, Burns

National Burn Care Referral Guidance

WHO; fact sheet on burns

NHS Standard Contract for Specialised Burns Care (All Ages) Schedule 2- The Services A. Service Specification

LITFL; burns