10Catastrophic burn injury

10 Catastrophic burn injury

An injury is a catastrophic burn injury if the injury is:

(a) full thickness burns:

(i) for a person aged 16 years or above at the time of the injury–greater than 40 per cent of the total body surface area; or

(ii) for a person aged under 16 years at the time of the injury–greater than 30 per cent of the total body surface area; or

(iii) to the hands, face or genital area; or

(b) inhalation burns resulting in vital capacity or forced expiratory volume in one second which is less than 50% of that predicted for the person’s age, height and ethnicity.