7.3.3.3FCA_ITopic
Perioperative management of acute burns:
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15 items
- 7.3.3.3.1FCA_IInitial assessment of the patient with severe burns and associated trauma
- 7.3.3.3.2FCA_IThe severity of burns using recognised methods such as Lund-Browder charts and the Rule of Nines to decide if major/minor burns
- 7.3.3.3.3FCA_IRecognition of airway and facial burns, circumferential burns and carbon monoxide poisoning
- 7.3.3.3.4FCA_IBurn classification based on depth/extent (e.g. partial thickness, full thickness – first, second and third degree)
- 7.3.3.3.5FCA_IDifferentiating the pathophysiology of thermal, electrical and chemical burns
- 7.3.3.3.6FCA_IManagement of acute burns, including:3 SO
- 7.3.3.3.7FCA_IAnaesthesia for debridement, skin grafting and dressing change
- 7.3.3.3.8FCA_IAnaesthetic agents used and contraindicated in burns
- 7.3.3.3.9FCA_ITheatre special requirements (e.g. temperature management, infection control, difficult IV access, monitoring, hyperkalaemia management)
- 7.3.3.3.10FCA_IComplications of repeated anaesthesia for burns patients
- 7.3.3.3.11FCA_ISedation for the dressing change
- 7.3.3.3.12FCA_IPostoperative concerns – analgesia, nutritional support, temperature, systemic complications, sepsis prevention and management
- 7.3.3.3.13FCA_IReconstructive surgery (flaps and skin grafting) and management of contractures and chronic pain
- 7.3.3.3.14FCA_IBurn outcomes and complications (early vs. late)
- 7.3.3.3.15FCA_IEpidemiology of burns in adult and paediatric patients Skills