What is it about?
How to prevent and manage a burn wound from first aid through to assessment and wound management.
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Why is it important?
Incidence of burn injuries in care home are increasing, elderly patients are more at risk of sustaining burn injuries. Appropriate early management will improve outcome.
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This was an interesting article to write as I had not looked specifically at the care home sector before.
Jacky Edwards
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
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This page is a summary of: Managing burns wounds in the care home population, Nursing and Residential Care, September 2017, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/nrec.2017.19.9.506.
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