Wounds and Burns
Any wound or burn should be assessed by a health-care provider as soon as possible because it has the potential of rapid infection. The treatment of these patients requires broad resources. During and after a natural disaster the risk for injury is high. For treatment when the patient arrives in the emergency department, a rapid initial assessment of respiratory, cardiovascular status and, special procedures are required with appropriate immunization. These innovative and expensive treatment techniques play an important part, and the way in which a burn suffering patient is initially managed carries an equally important role. Burn care should start at the site of damage and proceed through prehospital care and transportation to the nearest burn care center or to the nearest emergency place (ED) with cutting edge life support ability. Wounds in complex patients which are inadequately overseen can prompt the improvement of a chronic wound.
- Wound pain treatment
- Burns, infection and treatment