Safe burn excision prior to military repatriation: an achievable goal?
| Autor: | Pujji O; College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK., Jeffery SLA; RCDM, Burns and Plastic Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps [J R Army Med Corps] 2018 Sep; Vol. 164 (5), pp. 358-359. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 29. |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jramc-2018-000941 |
| Abstrakt: | Burn excision is the gold standard treatment for full thickness and some deep partial thickness burns. Early burn excision (24-96 hours) has been shown to improve patient outcomes. However, in the military setting, transporting the patient to a centre which can provide this procedure can be delayed. Especially as control of airspace in the future may be hampered due to the political landscape. For this reason, focus on how to achieve safer burn excision prior to repatriation should be addressed. This paper considers the barriers to early burn excision in the military setting and offers potential solutions for the future. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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