Emergency

Parkland Burn Formula

Estimates the volume of crystalloid (lactated Ringer's) required during the first 24 hours following a major burn. Half is delivered in the first 8 hours from the time of injury; the remainder over the next 16 hours.

Use rule of nines or Lund–Browder chart. Exclude superficial (1st-degree) burns.

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Source

Baxter CR, Shires T. Physiological response to crystalloid resuscitation of severe burns. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1968.