Burns Game

The Burns Game is a team-based activity designed to facilitate discussions on best practices in initial burn care. Through these conversations, participants can exchange knowledge, learn from one another, and enhance their approach to working with burn patients.

This game serves to heighten awareness and impart knowledge and skills pertaining to first aid, assessment, and initial treatment of burn injuries. It is suitable for professionals involved in the initial management of burn injury patients, offering the necessary information in an engaging board game format.

The game encompasses seven key topics:

1. Introduction
2. First Aid
3. Airway & Breathing
4. Disability, Fluids & Exposure
5. Wound Assessment
6. Referral & Transfer
7. Specialist Burn Injuries

The Burns Game is appropriate for a diverse range of professionals, including:

• Paramedics
• Fire Service personnel
• A&E or Emergency Department staff
• Minor Injury Unit staff
• Hospital doctors and nurses
• General Practitioners (GPs) and Practice Nurses
• Students in medical, nursing, and paramedic programs at universities.