Paediatric Critical Care: Early Management of Burns, Lecture notes of Law

Download Paediatric Critical Care: Early Management of Burns and more Lecture notes Law in PDF only on Docsity! Clinical Guidance Paediatric Critical Care: Early Management of Burns Summary Explanation regarding management of a child with burns. This does not cover pre-hospital first aid and initial management of chemical burns. Document Detail Document type Clinical Guideline Document name PICU: Early management of burns Document location GTi Clinical Guidance Database and Evelina London Website Version 3.0 Effective from August 2018 Review date August 2021 Owner Head of Service, PICU Author(s) Shelley Riphagen, Jon Lillie (PICU consultants) Approved by, date Evelina London Guideline Group, August 2018 Superseded documents PICU: Early management of burns v2.0 Related documents PICU: Pain assessment and management Keywords Burns, PICU, TBSA, total burn surface area, Parkland Formula, STRS, Paediatric Critical Care Relevant external law, regulation, standards London South East Burn Network (LSEBN) LSEBN identification of burn type LSEBN management of severe burns This clinical guideline has been produced by the South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) at Evelina London for nurses, doctors and ambulance staff to refer to in the emergency care of critically ill children. This guideline represents the views of STRS and was produced after careful consideration of available evidence in conjunction with clinical expertise and experience. The guidance does not override the individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual patient. Change History Date Change details, since approval Approved by Aug 15 Reviewed LSEBN updates, minor clarifications made and links added. Clinical Leads and Consultants