Inpatient Clinical Pathway for the Care
of Children with Thermal Burns
Thermal burn requiring
inpatient care
inpatient care
Admission Criteria
- Transfer to Burn Center
- PICU admission
- Surgical service, floor admission
- Review ED Care
- History and physical
- Pain assessment
- Burn evaluation
- Depth: TBSA Lund Browder Chart
- Classification: Mild/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: November 2022
Authors: M. Nance MD, J. Kloss, CRNP
Revised: November 2022
Authors: M. Nance MD, J. Kloss, CRNP
Evidence
- 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