Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Utilize the “ABCDE” method in the initial evaluation of burn patients
2. Review basic anatomy and pathophysiology of burns
3. Describe burn injuries in terms of size, depth, coloration and characteristics
4. Review calculation of burn injury size and fluid requirements
5. Describe the treatment course for the management of burn injuries

Faculty

Richard Grady RN
Nurse Manager-Inpatient Unit
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.