Burn Surge Videos

Special thanks to both Hennepin County Medical Center - Burn Center and Regions Hospital - Burn Center  staff for their time and expertise on designing the following educational curriculum to serve healthcare professionals of all levels.

These videos contain extremely graphic images. These images are intended to help health care professionals identify, diagnose and treat burns.

Basic Burn Surge Education

• Module 1: Minnesota Statewide Burn Surge Planning
  Creating a burn surge plan prepares your agency for a mass casulty event. 8:23 minutes.
  
  
• Module 2: Introduction to Burn
  The nature and epidemiology of burn injuries as well as and overview of skin and burn classifications. 7:18 minutes.
  
  
• Module 3 Basic: Burn Treatment and Stabilization
  The basics of initial burn assessment and management, follow-up care and/or transfer criteria, and special situations pertaining to burn mechanisms. 15:50 minutes.
  
  
• Module 4 Basic: Special Treatment Considerations
  Learn basics about escharotomy, pain management and threats to the burn patient. 4:32 minutes
  
  
• Basic Burn Surge Slides (PDF)
  PowerPoint slides associated with these videos
  

Advanced Burn Surge Education

• Module 1: Minnesota Statewide Burn Surge Planning
  Creating a burn surge plan prepares your agency for a mass casulty event. 8:23 minutes.
  
  
• Module 2: Introduction to Burn
  The nature and epidemiology of burn injuries as well as and overview of skin and burn classifications. 7:18 minutes.
  
  
• Module 3 Advanced: Burn Treatment and Stabilization
  The basics of initial burn assessment and management, estimate TBSA percentage of burn, fluid resuscitation and urine output, analgesia and sedation, and discuss follow-up care and/or transfer criteria. 17:01 minutes.
  
  
• Module 4 Advanced: Special Treatment Considerations
  Learn about the threats to burn patients, discuss special situations pertaining to burn mechanism, escharotomy, adjunctive treatments, and laboratory pitfalls. 47:52 minutes
  
  
• Advanced Burn Surge Slides (PDF)
  PowerPoint slides associated with these videos.