Burncanprogressorgodeeperover24-48hours,butthis
progressioncanbehastenediftheinitialmanagementwas
inadequateorinthepresenceofinfection(Senarath-Yapa
andEnoch,2009).Regardlessofwhichbagischosen,they
arecommonlyuseduntiltheoedemahassubsidedandthe
patienthasa goodrangeofmovement(ROM)andthen
handsshouldbedressedwithindividualfingerdressingsto
preventcontractureandpromotemovement(Fowler,1996)