Urgent Care Management of Patients With Thermal Burns

Urgent Care Management of Patients With Thermal Burns is organized by EB Medicine.

Date of Original Release: July 01, 2022
Termination date: July 01, 2025

About This Course:
Although some burn injuries will require transport to the ED or a burn center, many thermal burns can be treated in urgent care. Priorities for management of thermal burns in the urgent care setting include ruling out severe burn injury and/or inhalation injury, and providing fluid resuscitation (if needed), wound care, and pain control. In some cases, referral to specialized burn care may be needed to improve long-term outcomes. This article reviews thermal burn classification and evidence-based treatment strategies. In this issue, you will learn:
• How to classify burns and quickly estimate the total body surface area affected.
• The most effective dressings and topical therapies for burns.
• When unroofing and/or debridement of burn blisters is indicated.
• Evidence-based recommendations for pain control, including for sunburn.
• The quality of evidence for nontraditional wound care strategies such as aloe vera, honey, or hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
• The physical examination findings that raise concern for nonaccidental burn injuries in pediatric patients.
• The indications for transfer or referral to a burn center.