title: Guideline and treatment algorithm for burn injuries.
abstract: As in many other countries, burn injuries are a challenging healthcare problem in Turkey. Initial management of burn patients is very important for future morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the Turkish Ministry of Health prepared "National Burns Treatment Algorithm" aided by the Scientific Burns Council. The basic aim of this algorithm is to guide physicians in the treatment of burn victims until they reach an experienced burns center. The content of this algorithm is first aid, initial management, resuscitation, and transfer policy. The Council started to work on this algorithm in 2011. Various consultants, including general surgeons, pediatric surgeons, aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anesthesiologists, and intensive care physicians, revised the first draft and it was sent to eight education and research hospitals of the Ministry of Health, four universities, and seven non-governmental organizations. In the last quarter of 2012, the algorithm was finalized and approved by the Scientific Council, after which, it was approved by the Ministry of Health and published.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hitit University Faculty of Medicine, Çorum; Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Burn Treatment Center, Ankara, Turkey. cinaryasti@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ahmet Çınar
authors.initials: AÇ
authors.lastname: Yastı
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Şenel
authors.affiliation: Department of Esthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit, Yunus Emre Governmental Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mutlu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saydam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Geylani
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Özok
authors.affiliation: Department of Esthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çoruh
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yorgancı
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002053:Burn Units / Q000592:standards; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000592:standards; D014421:Turkey