Fig 1.
Overview of the burn injury diagnostics and decision support system.
Fig 2.
Application workflow for the health care provider.
Fig 3.
User Registration (a-b), selection of role (b), login (c) and list of cases according to status (d).
Fig 4.
Entering a reference number to identify the injured person.
Fig 5.
Demographic information a) patient age in years, b) age in months in case of less than one year old patient c) patient weight, d) pre-existing conditions.
Fig 6.
a) Cause and b) time of the burn injury.
Fig 7.
a) Taking a photo of the burn injury and b) input of burn location on the body.
Table 1.
When taking a photograph of the burn injury, the following tips are given to the user as part of the training process.
Fig 8.
The app in use.
Fig 9.
The Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) calculator that includes a a) front and b) back body diagram and a touch interface for indicating the location, depth and extent of the burn injury.
Table 2.
Depth categories for burn injuries and guidelines for the categories as presented in the application manual.
Fig 10.
Treatment advice based on data input.
a) Estimated fluid requirements calculated according to the Parkland formula based on the total body surface area b) general advice for burn treatment.
Fig 11.
Web login and user interface for the burn expert.
Fig 12.
Treatment advice provided by the burn expert.