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ForwardTreatment for 2nd and 3rd degree Burns in the OR
This presentation will discuss the operative management of a burn patient. The procedure of burn wound excision and what equipment is needed will be explained. Burn wound care in the operating room is a specialty service and the operating room staff need to know what to do for burn surgeries. The operating room staff will learn the difference of the application of allograft vs autograft. For allografting the operating room staff need to know and demonstrate the completion of the tissue tracking form and charting requirements by the governing bodies that oversee the use of allografts in burn patients.
Target Audience
Nurses and Surgical Technicians
Learning Objectives
Demonstrate how to complete the tissue tracking documentation and charting requirements for allografts use in burn patients.
Discuss the difference in the use of allograft vs autograft use in burn patients.
Identify the equipment needed for burn wound excision and allograft or autografting in a burn patient.
Tracey Williams BSN, RN
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 
1.00 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance