Tasmanian Burns Services

The Tasmanian Burns Service is coordinated through the Tasmanian Burns Unit based at the Royal Hobart Hospital. The collaborative Tasmanian Burns Service includes:

• emergency services
• rural and regional hospitals
• Launceston General Hospital Plastics department
• general practice
• community health
• industry and community programs

The Tasmanian Burns Unit

The Tasmanian Burns Unit is the state-wide provider for paediatric (children) and adult patients requiring specialised care in the management of burn injuries. This is due to:

• the complexity of the injuries
• the high cost of treatment
• expertise in wound management
• specialist training for staff
• requirement for long term scar management.

Services we provide

The Tasmanian Burns Unit provides the following services based at the Royal Hobart Hospital:

• acute care of severely injured paediatric and adult burn patients in Tasmania
• reconstruction surgery for adult and paediatric burns patients in Tasmania
• rehabilitation services and scar management
• advise, assessment and treatment of outpatients with minor burns
• monthly scar management review clinics at Royal Hobart Hospital and via telemedicine to Launceston General Hospital and North West Regional Hospital
• education on burn injuries for clinicians state wide
• education on prevention and first aid for the community and industry groups
• research and data collection with the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand.

Location and contact

Outpatient clinics websites

• Outpatient clinic website
• Acute burns clinic website
• Physiotherapy clinic – hands, burns and plastics website
• Plastics clinic website
• Wounds clinic website