title: Initial nursing assessment and management of burn-injured children.
abstract: Following a burn injury, children can deteriorate very quickly and prompt accurate assessment by the accident and emergency nurse is therefore essential. This article outlines the initial assessment and management of paediatric burns.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010147:Pain Measurement