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Burns - Acute Management
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Burns - Acute Management …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Burns - Acute Management … > Health Professionals > Clinical Practice Guidelines > Burns - Acute Management In this section …
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Burns - Post Acute Care and Dressings
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Burns video
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Burns video …Clinical Practice Guidelines : Burns video The Royal … Guidelines > Burns video In this section Guidelines index CPG information Citing our guidelines …
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Acute eye injury
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Chemical burns, especially alkali, need immediate irrigation If a penetrating eye injury is identified … hyphaemas (causing acute glaucoma) Retinal detachment Corneal burns, either chemical or thermal alkalis … penetrate deeper and have greater potential for serious injury and delayed burns Contact lens-related …
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Corrosives - Caustic Poisoning
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Caustic Poisoning See also Poisoning - Acute Guidelines For Initial Management Burns / management of burn …) Often bitter taste and painful Coagulative necrosis – depth of burn is limited by scar / eschar …, nausea & vomiting, drooling or refusing to eat and drink Stridor, respiratory distress Splash burns (skin …
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Child abuse
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Any suspected or proven intracranial injury except multivehicle collision or high distance fall Burns … Unexplained burn of any type Burns to lower limbs or genitals Immersion scalds Shape of heated object Internal … are time critical See specialist guidelines for the investigation of bruising, fractures , burns , visceral …
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Hydrofluoric acid exposure
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exposure See also Poisoning – Acute Guidelines for Initial Management Burns / management of burn wounds Key … of burns due to skin exposure (see burns CPG ) Ingestion Assessment of oesophageal injury Oesophageal … irritation occurs with concentrations <20%. Burns may occur with higher than this. Inhalation Respiratory …
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Alkalis poisoning
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preparations are more likely to cause oesophageal burns than powders. Check preparations with Poisons …. Assessment Toxicity Exposure may lead to severe burns of GIT, especially oesophagus Absence of mouth …
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Wound dressings - acute traumatic wounds
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Endorsed See also Lacerations Burns Tetanus Key Points All wound care including cleaning, irrigation … stage Type of wounds and dressing options See burns for burns dressing advice Wound Type Dressing Role … when impregnated Burns. Wounds healing by secondary intention Allergy Non adherent Dry Thin perforated …
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Intraosseous access
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infection A burn on overlying skin is not a contraindication to intraosseous access. If possible, choose … a site without burns, but intraosseous can often be the only available form of access in the child … with severe burns Potential complications Failure to enter the bone marrow, with extravasation …