Handbook of Burns Volume 1

<p>A History of burn care.- Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world.- Prevention of burn injuries.- Burns associated with wars and disasters.- Population based research and outcomes.- Education in burns.- Team building in burns.- QI/PI and Benchmarks.- Outcome measures.- Translational research to improve outcomes.- First responder.- Pre-hospital management.- Transport/Telemedicine/Pictures/smart-phone.- Admission of burn patiens to the Burn Centre including Burn wound evaluation.- Burn size estimation, challeneges and novel technology.- Early management of burn patients and fluid resuscitation.- Novel resuscitation strategies and technology.- Diagnosis and management of Inhalation injury,respiratory therapy.- Pathophysiology of burn injury.- Genomic and Proteomic responses to burn.- Organ responses and organ support.- Critical care of thermally injured patients.-&nbsp;Nutrition support for the burn patient.- Anabolic and anti-catabolic agents after burn.- Treatment of Infections in burns.- Anaesthetisa for patients with acute burns, adult, peds, elderly.- Pain management after burn.- Psychological, Delirium, ASD management.- Nursing management of the burn-injured person.- Rehabilitation management during the acute phase.- Paediatric burn management.- Burns in older adults.- &nbsp;Burns in patients with special co-morbidities.- Wound healing and wound care.- Non-surgical management of burn patients.- Surgical management of burn patients.- Acute management of facial burns, acute vs. long term, surgical vs. non-surgical, face transplant.- Hand burns.- Treatment of burns novel technologies.- Scarring and scar management.- Electrical injury.- Chemical burns.- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections.- Frostbite.- TEN/SS.- Challenging burn cases examples.</p><p></p>