Management of Burns

 

Minor Burns

Download the initial management of minor burns checklist poster here:

Severe Burns

Download the initial management of severe burns checklist poster here:

Referral Criteria

If a burn injury meets any of the below criteria, it warrants referral to a Burn Service/Unit. 

  
  • Burns greater than 10% Total Body Surface Area (TBSA)
  • Burns greater than 5% TBSA in children
  • Full Thickness burns greater than 5% TBSA
  • Burns of Special Areas –

Face, Hands, Feet, Genitalia, Perineum, Major Joints circumferential limb or chest burns

  • Burns with inhalation injury
  • Electrical burns
  • Chemical burns
  • Burns with pre-existing illness
  • Burns associated with major trauma
  • Burns at the extremes of age – young children and the elderly.
  • Burn injury in pregnant women
  • Non-accidental burns
  

 

  

Lime & Thermoplastic Burns

  
For Australian Use

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For New Zealand Use

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First Aid and the Use of Hydrogels

ANZBA developed a Consensus Statement on the use of Hydrogels for the management of burns, which was revised in August 2021. 

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