- 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 and 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
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