Burns: A Practical Approach to Immediate Treatment and Long Term Care - Hardcover

Sheridan, Robert L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840761334 ISBN 13: 9781840761337

Publisher: CRC Press, 2011

Synopsis

This book emphasizes the fundamental surgical, medical and related procedures involved in each stage of burn care, thus enabling the reader to focus on the essentials, and ensure the best outcome for patients. Chapters range from burn physiology, initial care and resuscitation, to wound evaluation and surgical management, respiratory and critical care, rehabilitation, reconstruction and aftercare. The book’s concise visual approach will appeal to all professionals caring for burn patients in acute or recovery phases.

About this title

About the Author

Boston Shriners Hospital for Children, Division of Burns, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

From the Back Cover

The author emphasizes the fundamental surgical, medical and related procedures involved in each stage of burn care, thus enabling the reader to focus on the essentials, and ensure the best outcome for patients. Chapters range from burn physiology, initial care and resuscitation, to wound evaluation and surgical management, respiratory and critical care, rehabilitation, reconstruction and aftercare. The book's concise visual approach will appeal to all professionals caring for burn patients in acute or recovery phases. It is of special value to those surgeons, physicians, nurses and related professionals in burn and emergency units. The author's experience is immense and varied at two of the finest burn care organizations - the United States Army's Institute of Surgical Research and the Harvard Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Shriners Hospital for Children.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840761334
• ISBN 13: 9781840761337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128