Burns resources for health professionals
Find a variety of information, resources and other organisations supporting burns patients, treatment and research.
Minor burns#
Useful resources#
Allied health#
- Information for patients and their family
- Burns care for ankle and foot burns
- Burns care and exercises for hand burns
- Oral and facial contractures
- Scar management silicone gel sheet
- Hand Burn Management Video (Victorian Adult Burns Service at the Alfred)
- Australian and New Zealand Burn Association (ANZBA) Allied Health Guidelines
Journals#
- Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Burns
- Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
- Journal of Trauma, Injury, and Critical Care
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Databases#
- The Cochrane Library
- Joanna Briggs Institute Burns Node- JBI ConNECT
- MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health)
- Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand (BRANZ)
- NCBI PubMed
Burns camp and support groups#
Educational websites#
- ACI NSW Agency for Clinical innovation Burn Injury Resources
- ACI NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation Burn Injury Network
- Australian New Zealand Burn Association
- Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists & Faculty of Pain Medicine "Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence' Fifth Edition 2020
- Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand
- Joanna Briggs Institute: JBI ConNECT+ - Burns Node
- Resident Orientation Manual - Acute Burn Management
- The Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Victoria Burns Unit
- American Burn Association
- Australian Wound Management Association
- British Burns Association
- International Society of Burn Injuries
- National Trauma Research Institute
Downloadable posters#
- Application of Acticoat® Dressings in Burns
- Burn Depth and Minor Burn Dressings
- First Aid and Transfer Dressings
- Fluid Resuscitation
- State-wide Burns Referral Criteria
For alternative versions of these publications, email burnstas@ths.gov.au.
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