Criteria for referral

Source: American Burns Association Guidelines1

  • “Partial-thickness burns of greater than 10% of the total body surface area
  • Burns that involve the face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, or major joints
  • Third-degree burns in any age group
  • Electrical burns …
  • Chemical burns
  • Inhalation injuries
  • Burn injury in patients with preexisting medical disorders that could complicate management, prolong recovery, or affect mortality
  • Any patients with burns and concomitant trauma (such as fractures) in which the burn injury poses the greatest risk of morbidity or mortality. ... Physician judgment will be necessary in such situations ...
  • Burned children in hospitals without qualified personnel or equipment for the care of children
  • Burn injury in patients who will require special social, emotional, or rehabilitative intervention“

 

References [+]

  1. American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient. 2006, Chicago: American College of Surgeons. 79-86.http://www.ameriburn.org.

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