A literature review of the CINAHL, Medline and Cochrane databases was carried out using the keywords ‘burn*’ AND ‘cooling’ OR ‘hypothermia’ OR ‘airway’ OR ‘inhalation’ AND ‘emergency’. The results...
The use of the PICO technique (O'Connor et al, 2008) determined initial keywords around the topic and further synonyms were then generated. The chosen search strategy was ‘burns AND cool* AND outcome...
We report the case of a 2-year-old boy who sustained a scald to the abdomen after pulling a freshly made cup of tea over himself. Following a crew request for analgesia and transfer to a burns unit,...
‘The patient with burns presents a difficult challenge to most health care personnel. Apart from the serious nature of the injury, there is the patient's discomfort, the distress of the patient and...
In burn injuries by electrical trauma, the immediate dermal burn can be accompanied by further organ disorders due to current conduction with an entry site at the point of contact and an exit site at...
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