List_of_burn_centres_in_Australia

List of burn centres in Australia

List of burn centres in Australia

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While many hospitals in Australia have the capability to treat burns, there are currently 13 designated burns units across Australia.[1] Most states have one centre for adults and another for children; all units are located in a state/territorial capital city.

Australian Capital Territory

The ACT (Canberra) currently has no designated burns unit; patients with severe burns are usually transferred to Concord Repatriation General Hospital or The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in New South Wales.[2]

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Patients with severe burns are also transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital[3] or Women's and Children's Hospital[4] in South Australia.

Queensland

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania

Western Australia

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/traumaepi/burnsreg.doc Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand
  2. [2]
    http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/162634/Burns_Transfer_Guidelines_2013-14_-_web.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. [3]
    "Welcome | Burns Unit | Royal Adelaide Hospital". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Burns".
  5. [5]
    "Burns (Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre) | Service Detail | CHQ". 18 October 2018.
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