ABSTRACT
Burns are common in children and can cause significant long-term consequences. They require a spectrum of intervention from simple analgesia to complex intensive care. The optimal treatment is prevention. Once a burn has occurred the child requires a large team to treat and follow them from the emergency phase, through recovery and on to rehabilitation at home. Large burns also have a massive impact on hospital facilities, consuming huge resources. Treatment is targeted at replacing the burned skin with normal skin via the normal healing process or skin grafts from donor sites. All the normal skin functions need to be managed during treatment.
