The Initial Management of the Burn Patient- Kiowa Fire CE

This presentation is designed for EMS providers and focuses on the prehospital assessment and early management of thermal burns. Content emphasizes scene safety and stopping the burning process, burn depth and total body surface area (TBSA) estimation, airway considerations (including inhalation injury), pain control, wound cooling/coverage, prevention of hypothermia, initial fluid resuscitation principles per local protocol, and destination/transport decisions including burn-center consultation and transfer criteria

Target Audience

EMS Providers

Learning Objectives

-Estimate burn size (TBSA) and depth using a standardized method (e.g., Rule of Nines/Lund and Browder) after the presentation.

· Identify immediate priorities in the primary survey for thermal burns, including airway risk factors and early interventions.

· Demonstrate key prehospital interventions to stop the burning process and limit ongoing injury (remove heat source, remove constricting items, cool appropriately, cover the burn).

· Select appropriate prehospital pain management and implement measures to prevent hypothermia during prolonged scene/transport times.

· Apply appropriate dressings for thermal burns and recognize complications of circumferential burns (neurovascular compromise/compartment syndrome) requiring urgent consultation.

· Determine destination/transport priorities using burn-center referral criteria and communicate an effective burn report to the receiving facility.

· Calculate and initiate initial burn resuscitation fluids when indicated, using a protocol-based approach, and reassess perfusion during transport

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 Trauma
Course opens: 
04/01/2026
Course expires: 
01/07/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
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Melissa Clark, BSN, RN

Burn and Trauma Outreach Coordinator

 

Available Credit

  • 2.00 Trauma

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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