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Burn Care (burn + care)
Selected AbstractsBURN CARE IN AUSTRALIAANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Issue 9 2006Heather Cleland No abstract is available for this article. [source] The experience of life after burn injury: a new bodily awarenessJOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, Issue 3 2008Asgjerd Litleré Moi Abstract Aim., This paper is a report of a study to describe the injured body of people who have survived a major burn and seeks to understand the essence of their lived experience. Background., The burden of a burn-injured body, including loss of function, altered appearance and psychological distress, can threaten return to preburn state of life and successful return to society. Method., Fourteen participants (three women and 11 men; mean age 46 years) who had survived a major burn were interviewed in 2005,2006 an average 14 months after injury. A Husserlian phenomenological approach was adopted. Findings., A new and demanding bodily awareness, disclosing both limitations and potentials, emerged as the essence of the burn survivors' experience of their injured bodies. This was supported by a descriptive structure of the body as telling a new story, being unfamiliar to watch and sense, vulnerable and in need of protection, more present with a variety of nuisances, having brakes on and resisting habitual actions, as well as being insecure when distrusting own abilities. Participants typically experienced losing the familiarity of their bodies as anonymous and unconsciously at hand for all possible actions in everyday life. Significant others served as buffers, extensions of participants' injured bodies, reducing obstacles and insecurity in all aspects of life. Conclusion., The lived experience of people who have sustained a burn injury should be recognized and valued by nurses in all phases of burn care. Nurses have an important role in facilitating the presence and involvement of family and friends in the recovery and rehabilitation of burn survivors. [source] Evaluation of negative emotional care experiences in burn careJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 14 2008Björn Wikehult MSc Aim and objective., To assess recollection of negative emotional experiences during burn care. Background., Patients in intensive care frequently report negative emotional experiences. Patients with severe burns who are treated in intensive care units undergo painful care procedures, but there have been no recent evaluations of their care experiences. Design., Former burn patients (n = 42) were randomly assigned to three groups: postal questionnaire, telephone interview and face-to-face interview. Methods., Assessments included negative care experiences (feelings of uncertainty, powerlessness, being afraid, insecure, being a nuisance, or neglected), severity of injury, patient satisfaction, personality traits and psychological symptoms. Results., Overall, the degree of recalled negative experiences was low and associated with greater severity of injury, more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and lower satisfaction with care. The feeling of powerlessness was the most common, as 67% of participants had such feelings to some extent. Conclusions., Overall, negative care experiences were uncommon and most prevalent among the severely injured. Such experiences were also associated with psychological symptoms and lower patient satisfaction. Relevance to clinical practice., Although relatively uncommon, negative emotional care experiences should be monitored more closely during care. [source] Temperature controlled burn generation system based on a CO2 laser and a silver halide fiber optic radiometerLASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE, Issue 5 2003Meir Cohen MD Abstract Background and Objectives Experimental animal study of burns is dependent on a reliable burn generation system. Most of the experimental systems used today are unable to produce precise partial thickness burns. This limits the ability to study minor changes associated with burn care. The aim of the study was to develop a method for generating burns with a fixed depth using a CO2 laser burn generation system. Materials and Methods The burn generation system was composed of two components: a burn generation device and a temperature sensing and control system. These components were designed to operate together in order to keep a constant, predetermined skin surface temperature during prolonged burn generation. One hundred thirty-eight spot burns were generated on the back of five shaved 450 g male Wistar rats. The rat skin was exposed to a 70°C for 5,60 seconds. The burned areas were excised and underwent evaluation by hematoxylin-eosin-stained slide microscopy. Results A linear correlation was found between the duration of exposure and the average burn depth (r,=,0.93). This correlation is represented by the equation: burn depth in millimeters,=,0.012×,(duration in seconds of skin exposure at 70°C). Conclusions The fiber-optic-controlled laser burn generation system studied is a reliable tool for creating partial thickness as well as full thickness skin burns in rats. Lasers Surg. Med. 32:413,416, 2003. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] Anesthetic considerations for major burn injury in pediatric patientsPEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 3 2009GENNADIY FUZAYLOV MD Summary Major burn injury remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. With advances in burn care and with the development of experienced multi-disciplinary teams at regionalized burn centers, many children are surviving severe burn injury. As members of the multi-disciplinary care team, anesthesia providers are called upon to care for these critically ill children. These children provide several anesthetic challenges, such as difficult airways, difficult vascular access, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, altered temperature regulation, sepsis, cardiovascular instability, and increased requirements of muscle relaxants and opioids. The anesthesia provider must understand the physiologic derangements that occur with severe burn injury as well as the subsequent anesthetic implications. [source] | ||||||||||