Pediatric Trauma & Burns

The treatment of burns depends on the location and severity of the damage.

Cleaning the skin and placing medication and dressings over the burn are the first steps in treating a pediatric burn injury .
After the medical evaluation, cleaning and dressing of the wounds is advised. Then immediate concerns are controlling physical dangers, starting intravenous lines to replace lost fluids and providing actual wound care.
Burn patients need specialized care to restore body fluids and are very vulnerable to infections. Additional care is required to avoid persistent scarring, deformity, and dysfunction caused by severe burn injuries.

Some of the treatments pediatric burn patients can receive include:

Replacement Fluids

Bodily fluids leak out when the skin is burnt. These fluids that have been lost must be replenished. Fluids are replaced through an IV in cases of severe burns. The infusion pump equipment delivers replacement fluids into the body in accurate proportions.

Edema Treatment

Edema refers to swelling. Swelling might occur simply around the burnt region or it can be systemic, affecting the whole body. The larger the burn, the greater the swelling will be. After a few days, the swelling should begin to subside after treatment.

Breathing Support

It may be necessary to assist the patient’s breathing. This may be accomplished with a simple oxygen mask or a tube. The introduction of a tube straight into the windpipe via the patient’s mouth or nose is known as intubation. The patient can breathe via this tube but cannot talk since it is located below the vocal cords. A ventilator may be added to the tube if required to help with breathing.

Nutrition Monitoring

A child who has experienced a burn needs more calories since their body’s metabolic rate goes out of control. To compensate for the burn damage and to begin the healing process, the metabolism accelerates. A feeding tube may be placed into the stomach via the nose for feeding purposes.