Chapter 5: Guidelines for the Provision of Emergency Anaesthesia Services 2024
The anaesthetist should be part of a burns multidisciplinary team.11
The anaesthetist should be part of a burns multidisciplinary team.11
Burn surgery operating lists should be scheduled in working hours.51
A rapid infusion device should be available for the management of major haemorrhage.
Additional burn surgery operating lists may be planned at weekends and bank holidays to prevent unnecessary delays in treatment.50
Any scheduled burn lists should be organised and staffed by appropriately trained anaesthetists and surgeons, working regularly in that area, who have no conflicting clinical commitments.50
Patients requiring planned or emergency burn surgery should be cared for by theatre staff with current experience in burn care.11 Anaesthetists who provide emergency care outside burn services should be trained to manage the initial treatment of the patient with severe burns, including timely emergency assessment, resuscitation, and transfer to a burns service.
A nurse led sedation service should be supported by an immediately available burn anaesthetist.41
Timely access to theatre staff with experience in burn care should be available outside of normal working hours.11