What is the Classification of Burns?

Burns can be classified on the basis of the extent, depth, patient age and associated illness or injury. On the basis of depth, burns are usually classified by degree. First degree burns or erythema, i.e., redness of the skill produced by coagulation of the capillaries with cell destruction above the basal layer of epidermis. First degree burns are not blistered. Second degree burns is erythema and is characterized by blistering with necrosis within the dermis. Third degree burns lead to total loss of skin including the fat layer, hair follicles and sweat glands.