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Initial assessment considers burn size, depth, and location, along with oedema, blisters, and patient factors including age, health status, and social circumstances. First aid starts with cooling running water for at least 20 minutes, analgesia as needed, occlusive dressings, blister care, and regular review, with referral if healing is unlikely within 14 days.",{"@graph":63,"@context":119},[64,80,102],{"@type":65,"itemListElement":66},"BreadcrumbList",[67,71,74,77],{"item":68,"name":69,"@type":70,"position":9},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":72,"name":10,"@type":70,"position":73},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/",2,{"item":75,"name":51,"@type":70,"position":76},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/general/",3,{"item":78,"name":59,"@type":70,"position":79},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/assessment-and-acute-management-in-the-general-practice-setting/565867/",4,{"url":78,"name":59,"@type":81,"image":82,"author":87,"headline":59,"publisher":90,"fileFormat":93,"inLanguage":57,"description":61,"dateModified":94,"datePublished":95,"encodingFormat":93,"isAccessibleForFree":96,"interactionStatistic":97},"DigitalDocument",{"url":83,"@type":84,"width":85,"height":86},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/assessment-and-acute-management-in-the-general-practice-setting/565867.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":88,"@type":89},"Genevieve","Person",{"url":68,"name":91,"@type":92},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-22","2026-10-13",true,{"@type":98,"interactionType":99,"userInteractionCount":101},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":100},"ViewAction",7,{"@type":103,"mainEntity":104},"FAQPage",[105,111,115],{"name":106,"@type":107,"acceptedAnswer":108},"How should first aid for minor thermal burns be provided in general practice?","Question",{"text":109,"@type":110},"Apply cool running water to the burn for at least 20 minutes as soon as possible. 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Factors that may impact on healing include the size, depth and location of the wound; the presence of oedema and blisters; as well as the patient’s social circumstances, age and health status. First aid with cool running water should be applied to the burn for at least 20 minutes. Cooling and the application of an occlusive dressing will minimise the pain associated with partial thickness burns. Oral analgesics or short term hospital admission for adequate pain control may be necessary. Definitive management of minor burns involves dressings, rest, elevation and oedema control, and regular review as the burn wound evolves and heals. Referral should be considered for any burn wound that appears unlikely to heal within 14 days postinjury.  \nKeywords  \nburns/diagnosis; burns/therapy; dressings  \n372 RepRInTeD fRoM AuSTRAlIAn fAMIly pHySICIAn Vol. 41, no. 6, june 2012  \nMinor burns are common injuries. In the Australian state of Victoria (population ~5 million), approximately 3800 people per year who do not require admission are known to present to hospital emergency departments with a burn injury; and many more present directly to general practitioners for definitive management.1 Children account for around one-third of recorded burns presentations.1 In contrast to patients requiring hospital admission for burn injury, 90% of nonadmitted burn injured patients are injured by contact with hot substances, rather than by exposure to flames.1  \nA minor burn is commonly defined as a superficial burn to less than 10% of total body surface area (TBSA) in adults and less than 5% TBSA in children. However, this definition is imprecise and not sufficient to determine which burns can be managed at home and which need hospital admission or outpatient specialist review. The impact of any burn wound will vary according to the social circumstances, age and health status of the patient as well as location of the wound. In general, burns that are appropriate for management in the general practice setting are small superficial burns that can be expected to heal spontaneously. In practice, many superficial burns that are smaller than 10% TBSA will be difficult to manage in general practice due to dressing and pain management requirements. Depending on local resources, such patients may be best initially managed in anoutpatient clinic or admitted to hospital.  \nAppropriate initial care for minor burn wounds can prevent delayed healing, infection and poor scarring. This involves:  \n• first aid  \n• analgesia  \n• assessment of the size and depth of the burn wound  \n• assessment and management of factors that may impact on healing (eg. rest and elevation)  \n• dressings  \n• blister management and debridement (as necessary)  \n• review.  \nWhen a patient presents with a burn, it is important to be aware of the possibility of nonaccidental injury, especially in children and the elderly. This article deals with thermal burns only. Chemical and electrical burns are beyond the scope of this article. More detailed burns management guidelines, developed by the Victorian statewide burns services at the Alfred Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, are available online (see Resources) .  \nFirst aid  \nThe application of cool to cold (around 15°C) running water to the burn for at least 20 minutes is considered to be the gold standard for burns first aid. 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