The Initial Management of Acute Burns

Burn and its complications are important problem during wars and specially in modern wars. So rapid management of burn causalty is a medical emergency. Physicians and care workers should be aware. The initial management of burns, like all other traumas, follows the ABCDE approach. The outline management plan assumes the availabillity of certain medical supplies but even simple measures are invaluable in burn care if they are all that is available. The basic supplies required to resuscitate a casualty are oral salt and water in appropriate volumes. Similary it should be possible in field conditions to monitor vital signs and urine output, dress the burns with clingfilm or plastic bags and wrap the casulty in absorbent materials.