Telemedicine for Burns Centres

Deploying Telemarque Store & Forward telemedicine solutions for a Burns Centre enables the connection of remote A&E departments, so that immediate advice and guidance can be offered to the A&E department before a patient with a serious burn is committed to a lengthy journey to the Burns Centre. This meets a significant objective of the National Burn Care Review.

Telemarque includes all the data sets defined in the British Isles Burns Injury Database, ( BIBID).

Telemarque Store & Forward also includes burns care management functionality, including surgery, inpatient episodes & psychological care. A specialist Telemarque module for burns outpatient clinics will be available in Q4 2002.

The benefits of Telemarque for burns injuries include:

• Earlier identification and referral of complex injuries.
• Speedier diagnosis and treatment.
• Prompt patient stabilisation.
• Improves referral decisions.
• Reduces unnecessary patient travel.
• Expert advice to A&E departments.
• Enables the deployment of Nurse practitioners.
• Provides an education and training tool.
• Reduces call out and Junior Doctor hours.
• Enables Consultant input prior to callout.
• Reduces and controls dressing costs in Outpatient clinics.