INDEX

Burns

Table of Contents:

• Burn Care & Resuscitation

• Trauma Alert Criteria

• Non-Alert Burn Management

Cross References:

• Trauma

• 2nd or 3rd degree > 15%

• Airway involvement

• Consult the Trauma/Burn team as needed for treatment recommendations.

• Like trauma consults, burn consults are an attending-to-attending conversation first.

• General Management of Partial Thickness (2nd Degree) Burns:

  • Being Discharged:

    • Clean and debride any blisters/bulla.

    • Cover with Mepelex.

    • Provide outpatient Burn Clinic follow-up. (205-934-4903)

  • Being Admitted:

    • Clean and debride any blisters/bulla.

    • Cover with polysporin and Cutesarin.

KEYWORDS: Burn, trauma