Information to A&E as per national standard (age, gender, incident, ABC problems, relevant treatment, ETA) All treatment should be carried out with the aim of reducing on-scene times and delivering…

Is best accomplished by cooling and covering initially Intravenous opiate / opioid, titrated to effect in adults with anti-emetic. Intranasal diamorphine is an option to be considered/adopted in children Entonox…

Cannulate for titrated opiate / opioid analgesia Do not allow cannulation procedures to unnecessarily extend the on scene time. Limited attempts to cannulate the patient (2 attempts only) Fluid replacement…

Time of burn injury o In order to estimate the size of burned area, use the Wallace rule of Nines or the ‘half burnt/half not’ approach Mechanism of Injury (flame…

A.c.B.C (Airway with cervical spine stabilisation, breathing, circulation) Patient may have other injuries co-existent with their burn injury O2 high flow non-rebreath mask (15 litres/min). (Not necessary for small burns…

Cover burnt area with Clingfilm Be aware of possible constricting effect of wrapping! Wrap the patient up in blankets or duvet (Cool the burn wound but warm the patient) In…

A learning resource developed with the BBA, suitable for anyone involved in the initial assessment and treatment of burn injury patients who wishes to improve their skills. Available from www.burnsgame.com….

Ambulance control despatch system will advise the 999 caller to cool the burn area for up to 10 minutes If this has been done, Pre-hospital carers should cool for another…

(for example: stop, drop and roll); remove the burning source. Remove all burnt/burning clothing (unless stuck to the patient), jewellery (bring bagged clothing to hospital for examination) Chemicals – need…