PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ojas Pujji
AU  - S L A Jeffery
TI  - Safe burn excision prior to military repatriation: an achievable goal?
AID  - 10.1136/jramc-2018-000941
DP  - 2018 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
PG  - 358--359
VI  - 164
IP  - 5
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/164/5/358.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/164/5/358.full
SO  - J R Army Med Corps2018 Sep 01; 164
AB  - Burn excision is the gold standard treatment for full thickness and some deep partial thickness burns. Early burn excision (24–96 hours) has been shown to improve patient outcomes. However, in the military setting, transporting the patient to a centre which can provide this procedure can be delayed. Especially as control of airspace in the future may be hampered due to the political landscape. For this reason, focus on how to achieve safer burn excision prior to repatriation should be addressed. This paper considers the barriers to early burn excision in the military setting and offers potential solutions for the future.