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The Victorian Adult Burns Service is a statewide service, caring for people throughout Victoria who have complex burns injuries.

A person with severe burns has suffered a major trauma injury and must undergo routine trauma care.

The vast majority of burn injuries are minor superficial burns which heal without complication within 10 – 14 days.

For optimal first aid instructions, first identify the type of burn injury. If you are unsure, select ‘all burns’ or call 000 to seek guidance from emergency services. 

The contemporary approach to describing burns focuses on the anatomical depth of the burn wound rather than using traditional degrees (e.g., first degree, second degree). Burn depth is classified as...

The extent of injury is best described using the percentage of the total body surface area (%TBSA) that is affected by a burn.

There are two significant components to assessing a burn injury: size and depth.