A casualty-centred proposal identifying how Fire and Rescue Services can improve pre-hospital care and quality of life outcomes for burn survivors
With continuous advances in knowledge and medical interventions, the burns sector and associated charities have been able to set their sights beyond saving lives and injury treatment. The aspiration is to return the burn survivor to their psychological, social, physical, aesthetic and functional pre-incident condition and ability. Currently, the FRS
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is not aligned with this expectation and yet has a very influential role on the burn survivor’s experience and outcome in the earliest stages of an event. This research report outlines actions that could be taken