Gold standards for primary care of burn management

• Main Authors: Fatih Zor, Nail Ersöz, Yalçın Külahçı, Emin Kapı, Mehmet Bozkurt
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dicle University Medical School 2009-01-01
• Series: Dicle Medical Journal
• Subjects: Burn; first step; treatment
• Online Access: http://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=893546

Every year, about 2.5 million people are affected from burns in the world. In our country there is no reliable database related to this subject. There are ongoing studies about the epidemiology of burns in Turkey. After burn injury had represent many various complications, such as myocardial infarction, cardiac deficiency, acute hypertension, endocarditis, thromboembolism, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, respiratuar failure, renal failure, gastric ulcus, ileus, sepsis, coagulopathy and anemia. Such complications can preventable or treatable. In this respect, preventive management in the first step burn treatment had very importantly in burn cases. Skin is a barrier which protects evaporative heat loss. In cases of acute burn, hypothermia occurs related to skin loss. For these cases, care must be taken to keep the patient warm. In addition fluid resuscitation is very important in these cases. Furthermore, the damaged tissues are highly susceptible to infection in burned patients. Burn care and rehabilitation includes challenging and complex procedures. Briefly, treatments of burn cases require a multidisciplinary and meticulous approach.