BACKGROUND: Major incidents require careful planning if they are to be managed well. Although a generic plan to deal with all major incidents is essential, a number of "special incidents" deserve special consideration because of their potential to impact on specialist services. This paper examines the problems of managing a major incident involving large numbers of burns casualties. METHOD: A three-round Delphi study was conducted using a multidisciplinary panel of experts from prehospital care, emergency medicine, burns surgery, intensive care and emergency planning. RESULTS: A series of consensus statements on the management of burns incidents are presented. An accompanying paper describes the practical implementation of this guidance. CONCLUSION: Specific consideration should be given to the problems of managing a major incident involving burns casualties.
BACKGROUND: Major incidents require careful planning if they are to be managed well. Although a generic plan to deal with all major incidents is essential, a number of "special incidents" deserve special consideration because of their potential to impact on specialist services. This paper examines the problems of managing a major incident involving large numbers of burns casualties. METHOD: A three-round Delphi study was conducted using a multidisciplinary panel of experts from prehospital care, emergency medicine, burns surgery, intensive care and emergency planning. RESULTS: A series of consensus statements on the management of burns incidents are presented. An accompanying paper describes the practical implementation of this guidance. CONCLUSION: Specific consideration should be given to the problems of managing a major incident involving burns casualties.
Authors: Mustafa Al-Shamsi; Maria Moitinho de Almeida; Linda Nyanchoka; Debarati Guha-Sapir; Serge Jennes Journal: J Burn Care Res Date: 2019-10-16 Impact factor: 1.845
Authors: Hani J Marcus; Danyal Z Khan; Anouk Borg; Michael Buchfelder; Justin S Cetas; Justin W Collins; Neil L Dorward; Maria Fleseriu; Mark Gurnell; Mohsen Javadpour; Pamela S Jones; Chan Hee Koh; Hugo Layard Horsfall; Adam N Mamelak; Pietro Mortini; William Muirhead; Nelson M Oyesiku; Theodore H Schwartz; Saurabh Sinha; Danail Stoyanov; Luis V Syro; Georgios Tsermoulas; Adam Williams; Mark J Winder; Gabriel Zada; Edward R Laws Journal: Pituitary Date: 2021-07-06 Impact factor: 4.107