title: Burns assessment team as part of burn disaster response.
abstract: With a huge, climactically hostile catchment area, limited retrieval options and finite resources at the only adult burns unit in South Australia, this paper discusses the case for the establishment and maintenance of a Burns Assessment Team in South Australia. The composition and role of the team and its relationship with other retrieval services, the primary care unit, and the proposed National Burn Coordinator also are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. jgreenwo@mail.rah.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*; D004189:Disaster Planning; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013021:South Australia; D014218:Triage