ABSTRACT

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 care, operative techniques, critical care issues, and care of special burns, among others. This book should be used primarily by newcomers to the field of burn care as

chapter 1|4 pages

General Considerations

chapter 3|5 pages

Resuscitation

chapter 5|13 pages

Anesthesia for Burned Patients

chapter 6|6 pages

Nutrition in Burn Patients

chapter 7|9 pages

Infections in Burns

chapter 8|9 pages

Multiple Organ Failure

chapter 9|7 pages

Inhalation Injury

chapter 10|7 pages

Nonthermal Burns

chapter 11|16 pages

Burn Reconstruction

chapter 12|9 pages

Daily Work