Children’s Burns Research Centre

1. Children’s Burns Research Centre David Rea, Research Nurse University of the West of England Children’s Burns Research Centre

2. Our Research Themes • Clinical management • Psychosocial healing and rehabilitation • Prevention Led by: Professor Alison Kemp (Cardiff) & Associate Professor Julie Mytton (UWE) • Primary prevention • Secondary prevention Children’s Burns Research Centre

4. A Challenge • Burns and scalds are common – Approximately 50,000 – 60,000 children/year attending Emergency Departments in the UK (CAPT 2013) • Approximately 5,000 get admitted to a specialist burns service each year. (IBID) Children’s Burns Research Centre

5. BURN INJURY PYRAMID iBID HES BASAT

6. Purpose of the BaSAT • Standardised approach to clinical assessment (Burns and Scalds Assessment Template) • Establish a surveillance system for children’s burns and scalds in Emergency Departments • Better understand the epidemiology of burns and scalds • Development of a clinical prediction tool (BuRN Tool),for identification of children who attend ED with burns or scalds with a potential safeguarding risk. Children’s Burns Research Centre

8. Advantages of the electronic version Children’s Burns Research Centre

9. Advantages of the Electronic Version • It can be developed within different NHS systems • Quick and easy to complete, some fields can be auto populated from the NHS system being used • Eliminates manual data entry for research staff Children’s Burns Research Centre

10. Involved in development of E-BaSAT • Local Information Management & IT team • Bristol Children’s Hospital ED staff, all grades • Local information analyst • Research team Children’s Burns Research Centre

11. Implemented June 2015 Facilitators • Ongoing communication • Rolling education programme • Making BaSAT standard care in ED Barriers • ED is a very busy environment • Clinicians changing every 3 months • ED assessment vs. Epi data collection Children’s Burns Research Centre