Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Burns
Dr. Pramod Puligandla, Pediatric Surgeon and Intensivist at Montreal Children's, joins Dr. Rae Hanke to review the essentials of pediatric burns in this videocast.
Sections
- Introduction (00:00)
- When to transfer a patient to a burn center (00:39)
- When to admit a patient at a burn center (01:58)
- What to do prior to transfer to a burn center (02:47)
- Fluid resuscitation recommendations (03:43)
- Presentation and treatment of fluid creep (06:07)
- Monitoring urine output (06:55)
- Role for antibiotic and tetanus in initial resuscitation (07:35)
- Evaluation for carbon monoxide poisoning (08:12)
- Burn progression (10:45)
- Timing of burn debridement (11:47)
- Clinical Pearls (13:22)
