Significant Burns From House Fire, 40-Year-Old Male

Dispatch

Cat 1 — 40-year-old male, burns to face and chest escaping house fire, fire service on scene.

On arrival

Patient sitting on kerb, singed facial hair, soot around nostrils, hoarse voice, partial thickness burns to face, neck and anterior chest approximately 20% TBSA.

Initial observations

Airway: Hoarse voice, soot in nares, mild stridor developing
RR: 26
SpO2: 94% on air
Pulse: 118 regular
BP: 132/84 mmHg
Burns: ~20% TBSA partial thickness, face/neck/anterior chest
GCS: 15

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