Lecture

Dermatology - "Gotta love the Burn."

Shock trauma Auditorium

• Guide fluid resuscitation by urine output with goal of 0.5-1 ml/kg/hr. • Debride blisters > 6 mm to avoid pressure necrosis and blisters over joints. • For debridement, you will need: analgesia, soap and sterile water/normal saline, forceps and scissors. • Lots of burn dressings exist, but in the ED you can use bacitracin or Silvadene or xeroform. • Consult with burn center for: circumferential and/or, full thickness burns, > 10% TBSA, inhalation injuries, electrical or chemical burns, burns of the face/hands/feet/genitalia/major joints. • Discharge instructions should tell patients to return for development of significant blistering, if the skin becomes non-blanching, or if they notice color or texture change.

Dermatology

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  Tu Carol Nguyen, DO

  University of Maryland

  Contact Speaker

Jul 17, 2019 - 9:45 am

1 hour

1 hour

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1. Know how to assess and classify various burns. 2. Know how to resuscitate/manage patients with significant burns and when to refer to a burn center. 3. Know how to provide local wound management and how to provide appropriate discharge education. ________________________________________

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