Burns

Question 1

Regional burn centre referral criteria

Answer 1

Burns >10% TBSA
Full thickness burns >5% TBSA
Burns to special areas eg hands, feet, genitals
Chemical burns
Suspected NAI
Electrical burns (inc lightning)
Circumferential burns
Inhalational injury
Burns to extremes of age ie very young and very old
Pre-existing medical conditions that may alter management
Burns with fractures where the burn is worse than the fracture

Question 2

National burn centre referral criteria

Answer 2

> 30% TBSA burns
Full thickness burns to special areas eg perineum, hands, face, feet, genitalia
Burns with significant inhalation injury
High voltage electrical burns
Significant chemical burns