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TABLE 104.1
BURN TRIAGE GUIDELINES
Triage level

Characteristics

Resuscitation
room
1—Critical

Inhalational injury, altered mental status/LOC, chest
pain, arrhythmias, associated major trauma
Facial burns with: singed nasal hairs, hoarse breath
sounds, oropharyngeal edema, dysphagia
Burns >25% TBSA
Electrical burns with history of either altered mental
status or seizure
Any full-thickness burn
Partial thickness >15% TBSA
Burns to face, genitalia
Caustic chemicals to eyes
Circumferential burns
Significant burns of hands, feet
Any burn with significant pain
Caustic skin burns
Electrical burns with any of the following:
Loss of consciousness
Thrown from source or frozen to source
Entrance and exit wounds
Concern for abuse
Partial thickness >5% TBSA

Infected burn
Burns requiring debridement
<5% partial-thickness burn
Burn redress
Superficial burn

2—Acute

3—Urgent

4—Urgent
5—Nonurgent

Abbreviations: TBSA, total-body surface area; LOC, loss of consciousness.