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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Age TBSA survival grid Outpatient, survival and good outcome expected without requiring initial admission; high benefit/resource, survival and good outcome expected (survival >=90 percent) with limited/short-term initial admission and resource allocation (length of stay, <=14 days, one to two surgical procedures); medium benefit-resource, survival and good outcome likely (survival, >50 percent) with aggressive care and comprehensive resource allocation, including initial admission (>=14 days), resuscitation, multiple surgeries; low benefit-resource, survival and good outcome <50 percent, even with long-term, aggressive treatment and resource allocation; expectant, survival <10 percent even with unlimited, aggressive treatment. Reproduced with permission from: ABA Board of Trutees Committee on Organization and Delivery of Burn Care. Disaster management and the ABA plan. J Burn Care Rehabil 2005; 26:102. Copyright © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.