Date: Thursday 19 March 2026
Time: 7:00 pm AEST (8:00 pm AEDT)
Duration: 90 minutes
CPD: 1.5 hours
Presenter: Dr Carl Lisec
Overview
Burns are a frequent and challenging presentation in rural and remote practice. Optimal wound care, appropriate dressing selection, and early infection prevention are critical to minimise complications, reduce the need for transfer, and improve long-term outcomes.
In this ACRRM Tele-Derm webinar, Dr Carl Lisec will provide a practical update on contemporary burns management with a particular focus on what rural GPs and rural generalists can do in the first hours and days after injury.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this webinar, participants should be able to:
Differentiate between burn depths and estimate burn size to guide appropriate management and referral.
Describe
best-practice initial burn wound care, including cooling, cleansing, and analgesia.
Select appropriate dressings for common burn types and locations seen in rural and remote settings.
Identify early signs of burn wound infection and outline an evidence-based approach to prevention and treatment.
About the presenter:
Carl Lisec is a general surgeon and full time staff
specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH). He completed a
burn fellowship at the Professor Stuart Pegg Adult Burn Centre in 2013, followed
by further training in Emergency General Surgery. He is currently the Director of the Trauma Service at RBWH. He also has an academic appointment at the University of Queensland. He has served on the ANZBA board previously as the State Representative for Queensland.
He is a surgical team member for AUSMAT and sits on various committees, notably the BRANZ steering committee, the EMSB committee and the Queensland Trauma Committee. He is the current hospital supervisor for the SET program in general surgery. He is also a senior instructor on the EMSB course. His interests are in the management of severe burns, severe traumatic injury and trauma system improvements.