Burn management
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
In this module you will learn the etiology and pathophysiology of thermal injury and the initial evaluation, diagnosis, and management of burn injury and complications of burn injury.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Describe the early management of a major burn.
- Discuss estimation of total body surface burn and burn depth.
- Discuss options for topical antimicrobial therapy.
- Discuss inhalation injury, CO poisoning and triage of patients to burn centers.
- Discuss the basic principles of wound coverage, skin grafting, and timing.
- Discuss the assessment and need for escharotomy.
Assessments
e-Learning Module Completion
Tags
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Etiology
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
MCC Presentations
Burns
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Burns [C26.200]
