Burn patients present unique challenges to trauma teams, often requiring specialized treatment plans that may overlap with other types of trauma, such as blunt or penetrating injuries. Given that initial care frequently occurs outside of specialized burn centers, these cases offer valuable learning opportunities for trauma teams. The quality of care administered within the first critical hour can significantly impact patient outcomes, highlighting the importance of informed and effective intervention during this period.
Feedback from Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) members, gathered through past webinar surveys, symposium discussions, and conference activities, has consistently emphasized the need for more comprehensive information and training regarding the care of burn patients. This webinar aims to address these educational gaps by offering insights and practical strategies for managing burn injuries in trauma settings.
Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the webinar, the learner will be able to:
- Distinguish between the burn zones of injury as it relates to the depth of burn injury
- List at least three American Burn Association (ABA) referral criteria
- Name at least two fluid resuscitation formulae used in burn resuscitation
- Differentiate between the Palmar method and the Rule of Nines
- State at least two complications for both over and under resuscitation
Members who are logged will be provided with a CE Credit link (below) for the duration of 3 years from the original presentation date (noted above). After 3 years, CE will no longer be made available. Members however are still welcome to watch the presentation independently for non-CE credit.
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Speaker(s):Emily H. Werthman, PhD, RN, CBRN is the burn program coordinator of the Johns Hopkins Burn Center, where she has been a nurse since 2012. A graduate of the Allegany College nursing program, she also holds a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BSN and MSN from the University of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has PhD in nursing from the University of Maryland where her research focused on the relationship between acute burn pain and childhood adversity. Emily is the lead nurse planner for the American Burn Association where she also holds a national committee appointment to the Nursing and Program Committees. She is a subject matter expert, item writer, and exam content review committee member for the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing’s Certified Burn Nurse (CBRN) exam. She also serves as a member of BCEN’s board of directors. She was recently appointed a special advisor to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)’s burn and blast injury special advisory group. Additionally, she holds adjunct faculty positions in the Johns Hopkins, Stevenson University, and Community College of Baltimore County Schools of Nursing. She publishes and lectures frequently on burn resuscitation, critical care nursing, and burn pain.
