Resuscitate patient.

ITU support: airway, hydration, analgesia and antibiotics.

Comment on dressings already applied.

Site of the burn

Airway compromise risk factors: singed nasal hairs, perioral burns, blistered palate, swelling of tongue or naso-oral mucosa, hoarse voice due to laryngo-oedema, swollen uvula

Percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) burnt

Circumferential burns to chest or limbs

Depth of burn:

Assess any structure(s) involved at the base of the burn.

Sensation/tenderness

Capillary refill time in burn, peripheral and centrally

Moist or dry burn

Assess peripheral pulses

Assess chest movements if any circumferential burns

Identify compartment syndrome in circumferential limb burns

Movement of underlying joints