Burn center criteria

Burn Center Transfer Criteria

• Partial thickness >20% BSA in 10-50
• Partial thickness >10% BSA in <10 or > 50 yrs old
• Full thickness >5% BSA in anyone
• Burns involving face, eyes, ears, genitalia, joints
• Burns complicated by confirmed inhalation injury
• High voltage burn
• Burns complicated by fx or other trauma (in which burn is main cause of morbidity)
• Burns in high-risk patients

See Also

• Burn

References

• http://www.ameriburn.org/BurnCenterReferralCriteria.pdf American Burn Association