Mr Simon Chong1, Dr David Becker2 1Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand Abstract: Key to the practice of plastic surgery is the visual assessment of tissue perfusion via colour, most prominently when determining the depth of...
- 25 June 2018
Mr Simon Chong1, Dr David Becker2 1Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand Abstract: Key to the practice of plastic surgery is the visual assessment of tissue perfusion via colour, most prominently when determining the depth of...
- 25 June 2018
Ms Nicole Alexander1 1Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia Abstract: Background:Burns positioning and splinting is important for oedema control, protecting surgical intervention, maintain joint range of motion and prevention of contractures (Kolmus et al. 2014). Positioning can be challenging...
- 25 June 2018
Ms Hayley Williams1,2, Dr Bronwyn Griffin1,3, Dr Kate Hunter4, Professor Kathleen Clapham5, Professor Rebecca Ivers4, Professor Roy Kimble1,2 1Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3School...
- 25 June 2018
Deborah A E Maze1, Gisela A Olson2 1The Burns Unit & the Children’s Hospital at Westmead Burns Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145 deborah.maze@health.nsw.gov.au 2The Burns Unit & the Children’s Hospital at Westmead...
- 25 June 2018
Dr Jithesh Appukutty1, Dr Cath Spoors1 1Mid Essex Hospital Nhs Trust, Broomfield, United Kingdom Abstract: Introduction:Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) contributes significantly to mortality in intensive care units; its incidence is often used as a key performance indicator. Diagnosing VAP is...
- 22 June 2018
Mr Peter Campbell1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Concord, Australia Abstract: The role of a Nurse Practitioner in the burns ambulatory care environment is a relatively new concept and has required a change in Care Modelling. This paper aims to describe...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Dinuksha De Silva1, Dr Aruna Wijewardena1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia Abstract: We present an unusual series of ‘lime burns’: three cases of bilateral hand blistering and erythema were recently referred to our unit at Royal North Shore...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Dinuksha De Silva1, Dr Aruna Wijewardena1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia Abstract: Hand burns are a common injury – they are involved in 42-80% of all burn injuries (van der Vlies et al. 2017, Kamolz et al. 2008),...
- 22 June 2018
Ms Jacelle Warren1, Dr Cate Cameron1, Dr Michael Muller2 1Jamieson Trauma Institute, Herston, Australia, 2Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Burns Unit, Herston, Australia Abstract: Introduction:The last epidemiological review of adult burn injuries in Queensland was 15 years ago. It is...
- 22 June 2018