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Equipment for blood transfusion should be available, including rapid transfusion devices.

Point of care testing for coagulation and haemoglobin, including thromboelastometry, could be considered to allow targeted use of blood products in major surgery for burns.³⁵

There should be at least one readily available portable storage unit with specialised equipment for management of the difficult airway in every theatre suite.^27,28,29 In addition, a fibreoptic laryngoscope should also be readily available.

For burns procedures, blood and blood products should be immediately available.^11,15,18,19

Advice from a haematologist should be available at all times.

Appropriate equipment should be available to enable prone positioning of patients.¹³

Psychology and physiotherapy should be available to help manage the consequences of complex repetitive anaesthesia, and of the sedation and analgesia requirements of burn-injured patients.^11,36

There should be access to an acute pain service.^11,22,37,38

There should be adequate, age-appropriate critical care facilities, including high-dependency and intensive care units fulfilling national standards, to allow the timely admission of patients who require these services following surgery, including those with resuscitation burns and undergoing free-flap surgery.^6,11,25,39

Burn care services should have access to an appropriately sized, temperature and humidity controlled theatre at all times, with a maximum temperature setting of at least 30^oC.^11,19