7.3.3.3DATopic
Perioperative management of acute burns:
lines 2455–2455id: 7.3.3.3
15 items
- 7.3.3.3.1DAInitial assessment of the patient with severe burns and associated trauma
- 7.3.3.3.2DAThe severity of burns using recognised methods such as Lund-Browder charts and the Rule of Nines to decide if major/minor burns
- 7.3.3.3.3DARecognition of airway and facial burns, circumferential burns and carbon monoxide poisoning
- 7.3.3.3.4DABurn classification based on depth/extent (e.g. partial thickness, full thickness – first, second and third degree)
- 7.3.3.3.5DADifferentiating the pathophysiology of thermal, electrical and chemical burns
- 7.3.3.3.6DAManagement of acute burns, including:3 SO
- 7.3.3.3.7DAAnaesthesia for debridement, skin grafting and dressing change
- 7.3.3.3.8DAAnaesthetic agents used and contraindicated in burns
- 7.3.3.3.9DATheatre special requirements (e.g. temperature management, infection control, difficult IV access, monitoring, hyperkalaemia management)
- 7.3.3.3.10DAComplications of repeated anaesthesia for burns patients
- 7.3.3.3.11DASedation for the dressing change
- 7.3.3.3.12DAPostoperative concerns – analgesia, nutritional support, temperature, systemic complications, sepsis prevention and management
- 7.3.3.3.13DAReconstructive surgery (flaps and skin grafting) and management of contractures and chronic pain
- 7.3.3.3.14DABurn outcomes and complications (early vs. late)
- 7.3.3.3.15DAEpidemiology of burns in adult and paediatric patients Skills