Primary Surgery Vol.2 – Trauma
Primary Surgery Vol.2 – Trauma
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Burns
58 Burns
58.1 Caring for a severe burn
THE GENERAL METHOD FOR BURNS
58.2 Prevention and physiology
58.3 What percentage of a patient’s body surface has been burnt?
58.4 How much fluid does a shocked patient need?
IMMEDIATE FLUID REPLACEMENT IN BURNS
58.5 What kinds of fluid does a severely burnt patient need?
58.6 Should you let a burns patient drink?
58.7 Does a burns patient need blood?
58.8 If resuscitation starts late
58.9 How much fluid does a burns patient need when shock is over?
58.10 Difficulties with fluid and blood replacement
DIFFICULTIES WITH FLUID IN A SEVERELY BURNT PATIENT
58.11 Feeding a burn patient (or any severely injured patient who can eat
FEEDING
58.12 How deep are the patient’s burns?
HOW DEEP ARE A PATIENT’S BURNS?
58.13 How should the burn itself be treated?
HOW SHOULD A BURN BE TREATED?
58.14 The exposure method
THE EXPOSURE METHOD FOR BURNS
58.15 The closed (occlusive dressing) method
THE CLOSED (OCCLUSIVE) METHOD FOR BURNS
58.16 The saline method for burns
58.17 Early excision and grafting for a full thickness burn
58.18 Sloughs and eschars
’SLOUGHECTOMY’ AND ESCHAROTOMY FOR A DEEP BURN
58.19 Grafting burns
58.20 Preventing infection in burns
58.21 Systemic antibiotics for burns
58.22 Local (topical) antibacterial agents
MAKING DRESSINGS FOR BURNS
58.23 Difficulties with infected burns
58.24 Preventing contractures
PREVENTING CONTRACTURES
58.25 Treating broad burns contractures
THE GENERAL METHOD FOR A BROAD CONTRACTURE
58.26 Z–plasties for narrow contractures
Z–PLASTIES
58.27 Burnt respiratory tract
RESPIRATORY BURNS
58.28 Burnt eyes
BURNT EYES
58.29 Burnt hands and feet
BURNT HANDS
58.30 Burnt face and ears
58.31 Burns of the trunk
58.32 Burnt bones and joints
Primary Surgery Vol.2 – Trauma
