Abstract
Objective: To report the case of a patient with a severe burn, characterizing the evolution of the wounds,
reporting on the coverage used throughout the treatment and highlighting the importance of nursing care in
conjunction with the multiprofessional team. Case Detail / Experience Report: The case is about a teenage
girl, burned victim in an accident involving an explosion when was a barbecue grill with ethanol, showed 49%
of the burned body surface, she was admitted to the hospital where the treatment was carried out together
with the multidisciplinary team and the dressing performed by the resident nurses over a period of 40 days,
with follow-up after discharge. Conclusion: It found a scarcity of studies on the use of burn coverings, and it
is necessary to train the multidisciplinary team, drawing greater attention to nurses who are in the front line,
to provide necessary support to burned patients, leaving them with minimal mental, social and physical
sequelae.