Community Coordinated Burn Care Toolkit

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Published: September 2024. Next review: 2029.

This toolkit provides training in burn care, first aid and aftercare to support treatment and recovery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in NSW.

It forms part of the Community Coordinated Burn Care (CCBC) program, which has been created in partnership by the Statewide Burn Injury Service, The George Institute for Global Health, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

The CCBC program aims to:

  • partner with ACCHS, build capacity to deliver burn care and facilitate a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model of care coordination
  • close the gap in local burn care prevention, first aid and ongoing burn care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
  • promote culturally safe care and foster relationships and understanding between ACCHS, tertiary burn services and local health services.

More about the CCBC program link to The George Institute for Global Health (The George Institute for Global Health)

Who should use this toolkit

This toolkit of lectures, skill sessions and resources supports ACCHS services and staff working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in NSW to understand the different aspects of burn care and prevention.

Although the CCBC program focuses on children who have sustained a burn injury, ACCHS services can use the training to support all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with burns in NSW.

This project has the potential to be scaled up to Aboriginal medical services throughout Australia. The general information here can be used by Aboriginal health services in other states, and by other community health providers working with children and adults.

For face-to-face training opportunities, register with The George Institute For face-to-face training opportunities register with The George Institute.

Lectures and skills

To request the presentation files in these videos to use as training resources, email: ACI-BurnInjury@health.nsw.gov.au

Lecture 1 - Burns, what they do and first aid

Lecture 2 - Burns assessment

Skill with Lecture 2 - Capillary refill

Lecture 3 - Burn pain management

Lecture 4 - Paediatric burn management

Lecture 5 - Wound management

Skill with Lecture 5 - Fixation and retention

Lecture 6 - Social and emotional wellbeing (coming soon)

Lecture 7 - Transfer vs local management

Lecture 8 - Problem identification

Skill with Lecture 8- Digital photos and referrals

Lecture 9 - Burn prevention

Resources

Acknowledgements

The Community Coordinated Burn Care program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health through the MRFF 2020 Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant Opportunity, and was created by the following partners:

  • Guunu-maana (Heal) at The George Institute for Global Health, Australia
  • The NSW Statewide Burn Injury Service (Agency for Clinican Innovation)
  • Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
  • The Children's Hospital at Westmead
  • NSW Rural Doctors Network
  • Flinders University
  • National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners

The artwork used in these program resources is: Guunu-maana (Heal) – Heal Spirit, Heal Country by Angela Webb, Gumbaynggirr Nation.

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