Treatment of burns casualities after fire at Bradford City football ground.

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Sharpe, D. T

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 05 OCT 1985Description: 4p., 3 tabs, illus., 5 refsSubject: Plans for treatment of patients with burns in incidents where there are mass casualties should, therefore, concentrate on the need for accurate initial assessment of the extent of the injury, the identification of surgical staff in the area competent to undertake this, and potential accommodation for the fatally injured and for those with disabling but not dangerous burns, for whom no special facilities are required. We suggest that district and regional committees concerned with planning for mass casualties should anticipate civilian accidents in which burns injuries predominate and make provision for the sharply differing special needs of patients with major and those with less severe injuries.

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Reprinted from British Medical Journal, Vol. 291., 5 October 1985, pp945-948

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Plans for treatment of patients with burns in incidents where there are mass casualties should, therefore, concentrate on the need for accurate initial assessment of the extent of the injury, the identification of surgical staff in the area competent to undertake this, and potential accommodation for the fatally injured and for those with disabling but not dangerous burns, for whom no special facilities are required. We suggest that district and regional committees concerned with planning for mass casualties should anticipate civilian accidents in which burns injuries predominate and make provision for the sharply differing special needs of patients with major and those with less severe injuries.

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