Burns Incident Response Team (BIRTs)

2G - Advisable: BIRTs - NHS Clinical Guidelines for Major Incidents and Mass Casualty Events

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The Clinical Guidelines for use in a Major Incident have been created with the occasional trauma team in mind, for example, for surgeons in a trauma unit who need to treat a deteriorating P2 patient, or a P1 patient who has been conveyed to the trauma unit, during a major incident response. Current protocols and guidance from pre-hospital care and advanced trauma practices have been blended with expert clinical knowledge, military experience gained over many years of managing blast and ballistic injury, NGO/global trauma doctrine and learning points from recent incidents, and made relevant to UK NHS clinical practice.

The section on Burn injury in a major incident can be found on page 72-74.

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These guidelines have been created with the occasional trauma team in mind. They have been updated following the numerous major incidents we’ve had to deal with over the last couple of years. They have been developed by experts in the subject areas

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Contributed by: Burns Incident Response Team (BIRTs)
Authored by: Stephen Groves, NHS England and NHS Improvement, National Head of EPRR
Keith Willett, NHS England and NHS Improvement, National Director for EPRR
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Last updated: 19 July 2024
First contributed: 16 August 2021
Audience access level: Full user

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