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Review
. 2004 Jul 10;329(7457):101-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7457.101.

Initial management of a major burn: II--assessment and resuscitation

Shehan Hettiaratchy  1 , Remo Papini
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Review

Initial management of a major burn: II--assessment and resuscitation

Shehan Hettiaratchy et al. BMJ. .
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Figures

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Figure 2
Lund and Browder chart
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Figure 3
Escharotomy in a leg with a circumferential deep dermal burn
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Figure 4
Diagram of escharotomies for the chest
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Figure 6
Full thickness burn in a black patient. In a white patient with extensive burns, such full thickness burns can easily be mistaken for unburnt skin
Figure 1
Figure 1
Wallace rule of nines
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Figure 5
Diagram of the different burn depths
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