Specialized burn centers have developed for the provision of care to acutely injured
patients, but providers who are often intimidated and overwhelmed by such injury usually …

Burn care, especially for serious burn injuries, represents a considerable challenge for the
healthcare system. The American Burn Association has established a number of strategies …

During the past decades, burn care has improved to the extent that persons with burns can
frequently survive (Fig. 5.1). The trend in current burn care extends beyond the preservation …

Treatment of burned patients begins at the scene of the accident, continues in the
emergency department, and terminates in the burn center. The" burn team" of specialists …

Management of bums Page 1 DISCUSSION Management of bums A review of the priorities of
care during the acute management of burnt patients Patients with burns present urgent …

Specialized units for the treatment of burns have evolved essentially in the past 25 years, as
have other specialized care facilities such as post-anesthetic recovery rooms, intensive care …

Aburn wound may range from a very minor lesion to the most severe form of injury to which
man is liable. A person of any age, in any walk of life or state of health, at any time of the day …

deaths from burns. Current methods of de-livery of care are most unsatisfactory and
extremely costly, except in a few burn units. At the present time there are about 25 units …

Zora Janzekovic reflecting on burn care, 19701 BURN CARE HAS IMPROVED MARK-edly
in the decades that have passed since the sad description quoted above. Of the 1.25 million …

This handbook summarizes staff practices in burn care and is intended to be a practice
guide for the care of burn patients. It contains chapters on resuscitation and transport, wound …