Objective To investigate the effect of "five-tube"treatment mode on emergency care of very severe burn pa-tients.Methods Eighteen very severe burn patients admitted into the hospital from January 2011 to January 2013 were chosen as the experimental group .The"five-tube"( i.e.the intravenous catheter , the oxygen-breathing tube , the tracheotomy tube , the indwelling urinary catheter and the indwelling gastric tube ) treatment mode was applied in the emergency care of the patients .The patients in the control group were 21 very severe burn patients admitted into the hospital from January 2008 to December 2010.They all received con-ventional emergency treatment and nursing care during the whole treatment course .Then, statistical analysis was made on the time of ef-fective emergency care.Results The time for the establishment of intravenous passage was (7.7 ±4.0)min, the time for the improve-ment of hypoxia was(11.5 ±6.2)min, and the time for early effective treatment was (35.9 ±9.5)min, which were all significantly shortened , as compared with those of the control group .Rate of mortality for the experimental group was also significantly reduced , and statistical differences could be seen, when comparisons were made between the 2 groups (P<0.01).Conclusion The "five-tube"treatment mode was worth further clinical extension in the emergency care of severe burn patients .