ABLS – (Advanced Burns Life Support) Referral guidelines
ABLS - (Advanced Burns Life Support) Referral guidelines
- Inhalation injuries ( all suspected)
- Partial thickness burns (second and first degree) >/= 15% TBSA in patients aged 18-40 years old.
- Partial thickness burns (second and first degree) >/= 5% in children under the age of 18 or adults older then age 40.
- Full thickness burns in any age (third degree burn).
- Patients with partial or full thickness burns that involve the hands, feet, face, eyes, ears, perineum, and/or major joints.
- Patients with high-voltage electrical injuries or lightning strikes.
- Chemical burns.
- Patients with burns complicated by other trauma in which the burn poses the greatest risk of morbidity or mortality.
- Patients with comorbidities that could complicate management, prolong recovery, or affect mortality.
- Patients who will require special social/emotional and/or long term rehab, including patients with suspected abuse, substance abuse, etc.