Resuscitation burn card-A useful tool for burn injury assessment

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-199

  Malic, C C ^a   Karoo, R O S ^a   Austin, O ^a   Phipps, A ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Burn surface area estimation; Card; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BURN PATIENT; CALCULATION; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NOMOGRAM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NOMOGRAMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33846626892     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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