Napalm Exposure Workup

Updated: Mar 02, 2022
  • Author: David Vearrier, MD, MPH; Chief Editor: Zygmunt F Dembek, PhD, MS, MPH, LHD  more...
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Workup

Approach Considerations

The workup of patients exposed to napalm is the same as that for any burn patient. See Initial Evaluation and Management of the Burn Patient. Depending on the history, patients may also require evaluation for trauma from percussion of blast or projectiles.