Managing Burns The essentials of pathophysiology, assessment and management of major and minor burn injuries

Learn to manage major and minor burns from a faculty of burns specialists led by eminent burns surgeon, Mr Stuart Watson, and sponsored by COBIS (Care of Burns in Scotland). The course consists of lectures, plus practical tutorials, covering the essentials of physiology, recognition, assessment, and management of all common burn types.

Target Audience

All doctors, nurses, and paramedics who look after acute burns (ED, ENP, Rural GP, etc).

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

• Discuss the assessment of burn injuries
• Initiate a treatment plan for most burn injuries
• Describe the importance of infection prevention; nutrition; temperature control; pain management; physiotherapy and psychological care of burn patients
• Undertake debridement and dressing of burn wounds
• Describe why large burn injuries cause systemic illness and why burns may threaten the airway, cause renal failure, and multi-organ failure

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