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Caring for your own wounds: Lessons from the burn unit
“Someone call for a body bag.”
These were words that I didn’t expect to hear on my final day of burn surgery at large metropolitan hospital. We had just planned on a routine burn excision and skin grafting. Our patient, Faith, was a seven-year-old girl with third-degree burns to 85 percent of her body from a house fire. We had been caring for her in the ICU for the past three weeks. She was doing well, with extubation planned in a few days. Her ten-year-old brother had also been in the house fire, with third-degree burns to 65 percent of his body. He, too, was still on the ventilator and sedated. Their father, who had run into the house to rescue them, was also hospitalized.
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A surgeon’s thought process in the management of burn patients
Caring for burn patients can be complex and difficult. While there are numerous guidelines written by burn experts and enforced by various organizations, the final decision as to how certain patients will be managed and treated will depend on the surgeon caring for that patient. As technology is evolving, resuscitation and aggressiveness by which severely burn patients are cared for is changing dramatically.
Burns and Happiness
The realization of how relative happiness is became very apparent to me some years ago when I was in the burn department.
Can tilapia skin be used to bandage burns?
In this historic city by the sea in northeast Brazil, burn patients look as if they’ve emerged from the waves. They are covered in fish skin — specifically strips of sterilized tilapia.
Epidemiology of burn injuries globally
Burn injuries are among the most devastating of all injuries and a major global public health crisis. Burns are the fourth most common type of trauma worldwide, following traffic accidents, falls, and interpersonal violence. Approximately 90 percent of burns occur in low- to middle-income countries, regions that generally lack the necessary infrastructure to reduce the incidence and severity of burns.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Gives Hope to Burn Patients
Plastic and reconstructive surgeons often play a critical role in transforming the lives of people who have been victims of unfortunate accidents, such as burn injuries. Fortunately, there are a number of procedures surgeons can use to assist with the physical and cosmetic limitations of burn-damaged skin, vastly improving their patients’ quality of life.
The Global Health Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of
When we talk about global health challenges, we often cite the ones that receive the most attention or funding. AIDS and malaria come to mind. You probably don’t think about injuries sustained from cooking fires or acid attacks. But the truth is, severe burns are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries – a crisis afflicting the poor that hardly anyone is talking about.
Trauma surgeon seeing rise in burns from electronic cigarettes
"I think in general the public thinks that e-cigarettes are somehow better for you than tobacco cigarettes, but they still deliver nicotine, which isn't good for you, and this particular product has a defect where the battery can malfunction."
Caring for your own wounds: Lessons from the burn unit
f Share “Someone call for a body bag.” These were words that I didn’t expect to hear on my final day of burn surgery at large metropolitan hospital. We had just planned on a routine burn excision and skin grafting.
Acid Survivors Trust International
ASTI is a UK registered not-for-profit charity and the only international organisation whose sole purpose is to end acid violence at a global level.
Fiona Wood Foundation
At the Fiona Wood Foundation, we are at the forefront of global research and discovery in the area of burns. Our aim is to improve the outcomes and quality of life for those affected by burn injury.
International Association of Burn Camps
The International Association of Burn Camps (IABC) provides a network for the mutual benefit of local and regional organizations that serve the burn community. We seek to support the physical, social, and psychological needs of burn survivors and their families
Julian Burton Burns Trust
The Julian Burton Burns Trust is Australia's leading non-profit organisation dedicated to burn injury. We are committed to influencing social change to reduce the incidence and impact of burn injury.
Life in the Wild West
Thoughts from an academic burn surgeon/ surgical educator.
Phoenix Society
The Phoenix Society has long been the strongest voice for burn survivors, their families, and their caretakers—advocating that healing is life-long process.
SKIN Tissue Engineering
Our vision is to remove the need for the skin graft.
Ask The Burn Surgeon +For Free+
Ask questions on any topic in burns: minor burn, major burn, degree of burn, first aid, electrical, chemical, scalds, burn shock, infection, betadine, flamazine, vac therapy, burn surgeon, burn surgery, skin grafting, inhalation injury, integra, skin culture, meek grafts, vac therapy, rehabilitation, scars, keloids, pigmentation,silicone sheeting and others and get your answers.For free - Because We Care.
Burns
Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of burns. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of the injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of treatment...
Burns & Trauma
Burns & Trauma is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest developments in basic, clinical and translational research related to burns and traumatic injuries. With a special focus on prevention efforts, clinical treatment and basic research in developing countries...
Journal of Burn Care & Research
Journal of Burn Care & Research provides the latest information on advances in burn prevention, research, education, delivery of acute care, and research to all members of the burn care team. As the official publication of the American Burn Association, this is the only U.S. journal devoted exclusively to the treatment and research of patients with burns
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
JPRAS An International Journal of Surgical Reconstruction is one of the world's leading international journals, covering all the reconstructive and aesthetic aspects of plastic surgery. The journal presents the latest surgical procedures with audit and outcome studies of new and established techniques in plastic surgery including: cleft lip and palate and other heads and neck surgery, hand surgery, lower limb trauma, burns, skin cancer, breast surgery and aesthetic surgery.
List of burn centers in the United States
The American Burn Association (ABA) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) developed a joint review program to verify burn centers that meet the criteria for optimal care to burn patients.
American Burn Association
The American Burn Association and its members dedicate their efforts and resources to promoting and supporting burn-related research, education, care, rehabilitation, and prevention.
Australian & New Zealand Burn Association
ANZBA is a not for profit organisation and the peak body for health professionals responsible for the care of the burn injured in Australia and New Zealand. ANZBA encourages higher standards of care through education, performance monitoring and research.
British Burn Association
The BBA is a non-profit making organisation whose membership is made up of those people interested in taking forward the Aims of the Association which are burn prevention, and the propagation of knowledge on the best treatment and rehabilitation following a burn injury.
Burn Survivors of New England
All volunteer 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to supporting & empowering burn survivors & their families as they build active and engaged lives.
Canadian Burn Survivor Community
The Canadian Burn Survivor Community connects members and is the conduit for members of the Burn Community. The Community includes Burn Survivors, Fire Fighters, Health Care Professionals and anyone affected by the trauma of burns.
European Burns Association
The European Burns Association (EBA) is a non-profit making organisation for the benefit of the public, to promote burn prevention, to study the prevention of burn injury and all other aspects of burn treatment. It also serves as a resource to facilitate communication and collaboration between burn care specialists.
The Lancet
Part of a surgery themed issue dated Oct 1, 2016, a three-part clinical Series explores the latest knowledge and treatment for severe burns. Major burns provoke a profound stress response, which is unrivalled in terms of its magnitude and duration. Evidence suggests that the pathophysiological stress response to severe burn trauma persists for several years after injury. Thus, there is a pressing need for novel strategies that mitigate this response and restore normal metabolic function in patients with burns, detailed in the first Series paper.
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