Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) Blast Injury Clinical Practice Guideline: Burn Management in Low-Resource Settings

This clinical practice guideline from the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) group provides a review of current best practice for management of burn wounds in low-resource conflict settings. The vast majority of burn wounds occur in low-and middle-income countries and yet international consensus guidelines are largely based on highly resource-intensive practices utilized in high-income countries. The guideline provides recommendations for initial evaluation, including airway management and estimation of burn size, resuscitation strategies, wound care, and approaches to definitive surgical management.

Published by World journal of surgery, 2026. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70190