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Burns calculator

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The Burns Calculator provides a fluid replacement protocol for the 8 hours following the injury.

It is designed for use by accident service doctors with limited experience in the management of burns patients (1).

It is assumed that by 8 hours post-injury a burns patient will be receiving specialist care.

On admission the staff must ascertain the following:

  • the time of the injury
  • the percentage total body area burned
  • an estimate of the patient's weight

Using this information the published tables provide the volume of intravenous Hartmann's solution required.

Reference:

  • Milner, S. M., Hodgetts, T. J. & Rylah, L. T. A. The Burns Calculator: a simple proposed guide for fluid resuscitation. Lancet 1993, 342, p. 1089-1091.

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