Burn Stabilization Protocol

• 2013

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This 2-page protocol describes how to care for people with serious burns before they reach a burn center. It explains which burns need special treatment, how to check the size and depth of burns, and steps like keeping the patient warm, giving fluids, checking breathing and urine output, giving pain medicine safely, caring for wounds, and handling chemical or electrical burns. It also gives tips on when to call burn doctors for help.

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Focus Area: Trauma

Audience: EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Keywords: Burns; Emergency Medical Services; Fluid Therapy; Resuscitation; Triage; Wound Healing; Airway Management

Institutions: University of Washington

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