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Dermatology

Last revision: 09/11/2021

First uploaded: 01/11/2019

Next planned review: 01/11/2024

Overview

Background
- Including cause, prevalence and prognosis.
Assessment
- How to assess someone with a burn or scald
Management
- How to manage burns and scalds
Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course
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Goals

During this course you will learn how to:
- Ensure appropriate referral of major burns and scalds.
- Manage symptoms and provide pain relief.
- Be aware of when to consider or suspect child maltreatment, and manage appropriately.
- Manage and promote wound healing and prevent complications such as infection and scarring, where possible.
- Provide tetanus prophylaxis, where appropriate.

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Burns and Scalds – Assessment and Management

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