Care Standards Quick Start

To request a username and password for the Burn Care Standards please contact us by following this link [https://burnstandards.org/contact/

The care standards application can be accessed by visiting [1].

Enter the supplied username/password in to the Username and Password fields as shown below then click the "Sign In" button.

The Care Standards home page will be displayed showing a list of existing assessments (if any) for organisations to which your user is assigned.

On the tool bar at the top of the screen you will see a drop down menus

• Assessments
  • "My Assessments" - will display your list of assessments.
  • "New Assessment" - allows you to create a new assessment. You should only have one active assessment at a time.
• Standards
  • "View the Standards" - this displays the latest Burn Care Standards in a printer friendly format.
• Help
  • "Quick Start" - navigates to this page
  • "Contents" - main help contents
  • "About" - shows an information page about the software.

Next to your Name and Email address there is another drop down list.

This List allows you to update your "User Account" and change your password. Select Logout to exit the program.

Creating A New Assessment

To create a new assessment click the New assessment button or on the toolbar use the down arrow next to "Assessments" to display the drop down list and choose "New".

A new assessment properties screen will open as shown below.

Listed to the left of the New Assessment properties screen there are some drop down lists, (it is important you select the correct items from these lists as only the relevant questions will then be displayed) select the Organisation, Age Group and Designation to be assessed, then select the Assessment type. Once the assessment has started these fields will be saved and no longer editable.

In the status fields under the drop down lists the Date started, Reviewed and Submitted will automatically be filled in at each stage of the process.

Select the "Questions" button to open the self assessment questions.

Questions List

A list of Questions will be displayed along with a progress bar to display the progress of each stage of the assessment.

Click the Self Assessment button to display the first set of questions or click the first question on the list.

Once the questions have been answered in full, click the "Submit Scores and Close" button.

Select the Properties button to go to the previous "New Assessments" properties screen.

Each Question is made up of different sections

Using the "Next" button will take you to the next set of questions, however if any question section is not answered the "Next" button becomes unresponsive, to skip a question use the page numbers at the bottom of the page to move on.

Please note, you will not be able to submit an assessment until all of the questions have been answered in full.

In the Assessment home page once a question has been fully answered the question number becomes bold making any unanswered questions easily spotted.

To exit the current questions list at any time click the Save & Close button to the top right of the page, this will take you back to the Assessment home page.