Military Burn Care and Burn Disasters

Booker King, Leopoldo C Cancio, James C Jeng

Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Jun;103(3):529-538.

Abstract

Mass-casualty incidents can occur because of natural disasters; industrial accidents; or intentional attacks against civilian, police, or in case of combat, military forces. Depending on scale and type of incident, burn casualties often with a variety of concomitant injuries can be anticipated. The treatment of life-threatening traumatic injuries should take precedent but the stabilization, triage, and follow-on care of these patients will require local, state, and often regional coordination and support.