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Abstract
Understanding the pathophysiology of a burn injury is important for effective management. In addition, different causes lead to different injury patterns, which require different management. It is therefore important to understand how a burn was caused and what kind of physiological response it will induce.
Burn injuries result in both local and systemic response.
Types of injury includes, Thermal injuries, Electical injuries, Chemical injuries, Light-burns and Radiation. The most common method for detemining burn percentage is called the ”Rule of Nines”
Burned patients` survival is related to following factors: burn size\depth, age, presence of inhalation injury and patient comorbidity.
Depth of burn injury is usually classified into degrees First-degree burns, Second-degree burns, Third-degree burns and Fourth-degree burns
A number of advances in early management of major burns have substantially reduced mortality and morbidity, especially reducing the degree of pain, the rate of infection, the degree of scaring and have increased healing rate.
Burns to high risk areas are defined as those which have a high risk of complications and potential disability both functional and cosmetic.
These burns should usually be managed in a burn care facility Burns to High Risk Areas includes: Face, Eyes, Ears, Hands, Feet and Perineum
Initial assessment and treatment of life threatening problems of airway, breathing assessment and circulation followed by recognition of burn severity, depth, size, as well as the current treatment approach, is the focus of this manual.