Presented by:
Prof. John Greenwood AM - Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director-Adult Burns Centre RAH and Natalia Adanichkin - Advanced Nurse Unit Manager - Adult Burns Service

Learning outcomes:

• Outline appropriate methods of first aid, including the management of chemical and electrical injuries
• Recognise the signs and symptoms of inhalation injury and discuss the importance of the early recognition of airway compromise
• Implement the Wallace Rules of Nines or Lund and Brouder Chart when performing burn injury assessment and so creating safeguards against harm to patients
• Identify the transfer criteria for burn patients
• Perform an assessment and appropriately manage minor burns