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L T Rylah

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PubMed1995

The Burn Wheel: a practical guide to fluid resuscitation.

During preparation for mass casualties of burn victims in the Gulf War (1990-91), a 'Battlefield Burns Table' was devised to allow rapid calculation of fluid replacement. By standardizing weights and using only Hartmann's Solution BP, a regimen could be prescribed by the non-specialist without resort to mathematical calculations. By means of a revolving disc, this has now been refined for use in a civilian setting where expert burn advice may not be immediately available.

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PubMed1993

The Burns Calculator: a simple proposed guide for fluid resuscitation.

Most burn casualties will receive their primary care in an emergency department. These departments are staffed by doctors with a varying degree of supervision, and their experience of the treatment of burns is often very modest. Evidently there is a need for a simple method to calculate the fluid requirements of these patients. The Burns Calculator is designed for use during the first eight hours post-injury and is based upon the Parkland resuscitation formula, using only Hartmann's solution BP. It is expected that the patient will have received expert aid by the end of this time. Values for children have been predetermined using body surface area nomograms. The calculator will assist the non-specialist to determine the correct amount of fluid needed to resuscitate a burned patient, and perhaps decrease morbidity and mortality associated with this injury.

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War burns: a simplified resuscitation protocol.

The fluid resuscitation of burn injuries in mass casualty situations, such as war, presents a formidable challenge. The possibility of overwhelming numbers of patients to be treated by inexperienced personnel dictates the adoption of a safe, simple and effective regimen. In the burn treatment protocol presented here, this regimen is computed in advance and displayed in a simple tabular form.

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