Inpatient Clinical Pathway for the Care of Children
with Thermal Burns
Thermal Burn Requiring
Inpatient Care
Inpatient Care
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- Transfer to Burn Center
- PICU Admission
- Surgical Service, Floor Admission
- Perform History and Physical
- Assess Pain
- Evaluation of Burn
- Depth: TBSA Lund Browder Chart
- Classification: Moderate/Severe
- Admission Orders
- Debridement
- Re-evaluation of burn size and depth
- Dressings
- Vital Signs
- I/O
- Pain Control
- Temperature Control
- Nutrition
- Social Work
- SCAN (as needed)
- Child Life
- Subspecialty
- Consultation
- Discharge Planning
Posted: March 2015
Revised: April 2020
Authors: M. Nance MD, J. Kloss, CRNP
Revised: April 2020
Authors: M. Nance MD, J. Kloss, CRNP
Evidence
- Job Aid: Burn Assessment: Form TR-006
- Insertion of an Indwelling Urinary Catheter (Foley)
- American Burn Association
- An Open, Parallel, Randomized, Comparative, Multicenter Investigation Evaluating the Efficacy and Tolerability of Mepilex Ag Versus Silver Sulfadiazine in the Treatment of Deep Partial-thickness Burn Injuries
- Clinical Evaluation of a Silver Impregnated Foam Dressing in Paediatric Partial-thickness Burns
- Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Burns Dressings for Partial Thickness Burns in Children
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