Emergency War Surgery NATO Handbook: Part I: Types of Wounds and Injuries: Chapter III: Burn Injury

Burn Injury

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Chapter III - Contents

• Introduction
• Etiologic Agents
• Magnitude of Injury
• Depth of Injury
• Pathophysiology
• First Aid
• Initial Treatment of Extensive Burns
• Urinary Output
• Endotracheal Intubation
• Escharotomy
• Adjuvant Treatment
• Wound Care
• Electric Injury
• Chemical Burns and White Phosphorous Injury
• Vesicant Gases
• Topical Chemotherapy
• Burn Wound Excision
• Triage
• Evacuation

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