2023 Trauma University: The Challenging Patient: Burns and Trauma & Less Common Burn Injuries: 2023 Trauma University-Video: The Challenging Patient: Burns and Trauma

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses the management and resuscitation priorities for multisystem trauma and burns. They emphasize the importance of adhering to trauma resuscitation protocols and guidelines, including maintaining the ABCDE sequence. The speaker also highlights the need for early intubation and the consideration of a reinforced ET tube in patients with burns and airway compromise. The estimation of total body surface area burned is crucial for fluid resuscitation, and the speaker explains the rule of nines and the Palmer method for calculating TBSA. They discuss the different types of burns and their treatment considerations, as well as the criteria for transfer to a burn center. The speaker also provides recommendations for care prior to transfer and discusses the importance of pain control, normothermia, and adequate IV access. The video concludes with a discussion on extremity burns, the need for escharotomies, and the challenges faced by trauma centers that are not burn centers.

Keywords

resuscitation priorities

multisystem trauma

burns

trauma resuscitation protocols

ABCDE sequence

early intubation