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Burns Assessment Team as Part of Burn Disaster Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

John E. Greenwood  and
Andrew P. Pearce
John E. Greenwood*
Affiliation:
Director, Burns Unit and Consultant, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Andrew P. Pearce
Affiliation:
Consultant, Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Aeromedical Retrieval Specialist, Emergency Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
*
Dr. John E. Greenwood AM Director, Burns Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

With a huge, climactically hostile catchment area, limited retrieval options and finite resources at the only adult burns unit in South Australia, this paper discusses the case for the establishment and maintenance of a Burns Assessment Team in South Australia. The composition and role of the team and its relationship with other retrieval services, the primary care unit, and the proposed National Burn Coordinator also are discussed.

Keywords

assessmentAustraliaburnscompositiondisasterNational Burn Coordinatorreferralroleteam
Type
Comprehensive Review
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 45 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2006

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