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Abstract
A prospective survey was conducted of all patients requiring admission to the Regional
Burns Centre for South East Scotland at Bangour Hospital and the Royal Hospital for
Sick Children in Edinburgh. All patients admitted between May 1983 and April 1984
were studied. Details were obtained about the cause and extent of the burn, the immediate
first aid measures provided, causes for delay in arrival at the Burns Centre and,
when appropriate, the initial care and its adequacy before transferring the victim
from another hospital. A total of 276 patients were studied, of whom 152 were transferred.
Early management by referring hospitals was often far from ideal, with errors in initial
care that should have been avoided.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
October 3,
1986
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© 1987 Published by Elsevier Inc.
