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Initial Assessment, Resuscitation, Wound Evaluation and Early Care

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The initial assessment and management of a burn patient begins with prehospital care. There is a great need for efficient and accurate assessment, transportation, and emergency care for these patients in order to improve their overall outcome. Once the initial evaluation has been completed, the transportation to the appropriate care facility is of outmost importance. At this juncture, it is imperative that the patient is transported to facility with the capacity to provide care for the thermally injured patient; however, at times patients would need to be transported to the nearest care facility for stabilization (i.e., airway control, establishment of IV access).

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  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Suite D716, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada

    Shahriar Shahrokhi M.D., FRCSC

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  1. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Bayview Ave. 2075, Toronto, M4N 3M5, Ontario, Canada

    Marc G. Jeschke

  2. , Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, Graz, 8036, Austria

    Lars-Peter Kamolz

  3. , Ross Tilley Burn Centre, University of Toronto, Bayview Ave 2075, Toronto, M4N 3M5, Ontario, Canada

    Shahriar Shahrokhi

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Shahrokhi, S. (2013). Initial Assessment, Resuscitation, Wound Evaluation and Early Care. In: Jeschke, M., Kamolz, LP., Shahrokhi, S. (eds) Burn Care and Treatment. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1133-8_1

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