ArticleSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2020
Primary management of burn injuries: Balancing best practice with pragmatism.
Article in South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Emergency Treatment of Burns in Adults-Characteristics of Adult Patients and Acute/Pre-Hospital Burn Management.European burn journal · 2025Article
- The Prevalence, Aetiology and Healing Trajectories of Hard-To-Heal Wounds in South Africa.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Burning Questions: What Should the Pharmacist Know about Managing Minor Burns?Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Management of burns is an often-neglected area in training from undergraduate to specialist level. There is, however, a high burden of injury that affects a largely vulnerable population, for example, children, the elderly and epileptics. This CPD article highlights that first aid should include cooling the burn with cool running tap water up to 3-hours post injury (Burnshield may be used if cool running water is not available); removal of all blisters facilitates accurate assessment of the burn size and depth; formulas exist for the resuscitation of acute burn injuries of more than 10% - 15% total body surface area and prophylactic antibiotics should not be administered to patients with acute burns as the prevention of infection should lie with good wound care (including good wound cleaning and the use of topical antimicrobial dressings). A standardised approach to pain management with an incremental pharmacological approach should be followed whilst considering other issues such as neuropathic pain, anxiety and depression.
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