Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings
Burns are commonly encountered in the battlefield environment; however, the availability of burn expertise and specialized supplies is variable. Initial burn care should remain focused on cooling the burn, preventing hypothermia, basic wound cleansing, and evacuation. Key ongoing burn wound manageme...
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| description | Burns are commonly encountered in the battlefield environment; however, the availability of burn expertise and specialized supplies is variable. Initial burn care should remain focused on cooling the burn, preventing hypothermia, basic wound cleansing, and evacuation. Key ongoing burn wound management principles include wound debridement, accurate burn size and depth estimation, wound care, ongoing wound evaluation, and treatment of suspected Gram-negative wound infection. Operative management should be limited to urgent procedures, and definitive burn management should be performed only after evacuation to a higher level of care. Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to adapt care to the tactical environment are key to the successful management of burn injuries in battlefield and austere settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17b30dd287f94bb0a393a40b968d7da72024-03-27T13:34:06ZengMDPI AGEuropean Burn Journal2673-19912024-02-0151496510.3390/ebj5010005Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere SettingsSarah Shingleton0Jared Folwell1Ian Jones2Michael Gleason3Alicia Williams4US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USAUS Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USAUS Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USAUS Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USAUS Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USABurns are commonly encountered in the battlefield environment; however, the availability of burn expertise and specialized supplies is variable. Initial burn care should remain focused on cooling the burn, preventing hypothermia, basic wound cleansing, and evacuation. Key ongoing burn wound management principles include wound debridement, accurate burn size and depth estimation, wound care, ongoing wound evaluation, and treatment of suspected Gram-negative wound infection. Operative management should be limited to urgent procedures, and definitive burn management should be performed only after evacuation to a higher level of care. Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to adapt care to the tactical environment are key to the successful management of burn injuries in battlefield and austere settings.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-1991/5/1/5burn wound careburnsaustereprolonged field carebattlefieldcombat |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Shingleton Jared Folwell Ian Jones Michael Gleason Alicia Williams Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings European Burn Journal burn wound care burns austere prolonged field care battlefield combat |
| title | Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings |
| title_full | Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings |
| title_fullStr | Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings |
| title_short | Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings |
| title_sort | burn wound care strategies for the battlefield and austere settings |
| topic | burn wound care burns austere prolonged field care battlefield combat |
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