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Local thermal injury

Jackson’s burn

model

Australia and New Zealand Burn Association 2014

Nearest the heat source where the heat or

insult cannot be ameliorated rapidly, there is

rapid cell death. This central zone of tissue

death is called the Zone of Coagulation.

Surrounding the Zone of Coagulation is an

area of tissue where the damage is less severe.

Immediate cell death does not occur, but the

circulation is compromised due to the

damage of microcirculation. Because of this

sluggish circulation, it is called the Zone of

Stasis. If left untreated, this narrow zone will

undergo necrosis as the inflammatory reaction

progresses. Clinically this is seen as progression

of burn injury depth.