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Planning proposals for the 52nd Annual Meeting in Orlando on March 17-20, 2020 are due today, May 31, 2019. Submit your ideas for Educational Forums and Sunrise Symposia!
The American Burn Association will be hosting a Reconstruction of the Head and Neck course and Laser workshop at the University of Chicago Medical Center on October 16-18, 2019. For the course schedule, additional details, and to register visit the Burn Reconstruction 2019 webpage.
Be sure to complete your session and overall evaluations for the 51st Annual Meeting to obtain your CEU credits. Evaluations must be completed no later than today, May 31, 2019. Login into your evaluation form here.
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Phoenix Society
Tony Gonzalez is a burn survivor who recently attended Face Equality International’s Forum to discuss scarring inequality. Below he reflects on his burn journey, experience at the forum, and how we can create a world where everyone is treated equality.
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Healthcare Packaging
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 65% of all infections are caused by bacterial biofilms that form on the surface of wounds and complicate the healing process. The bacteria generate electricity with their own electric fields that communicate and form the biofilm.
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Vericel
26 years ago, Mark was severely burned in a plane crash. Learn about his journey, including interviews with Mark himself as well as his surgeon, Dr. Rajiv Sood. Please see Important Safety Information at the end of the video, and visit Epicel.com for
Patient Information and
Directions for Use.
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Longevity
Irrespective of who you are or where you live, burn accidents happen every day. It’s important that you and your family know what to do in an emergency.
Many people suffer from burns and do not know what to do or know who can treat them correctly. Some burns are minor and can be treated at home with appropriate home medical care. Despite the pain, these accidents will not leave long term scarring or health problems.
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The Jewish Standard
Early in his career, Teaneck attorney Sam Davis represented several seriously burned children. “We did fantastically well for them in court,” he said, but when he ran across their families years later, “it was never good news. It was always the same story. The kids remained isolated, depressed, almost frozen in time.” Rather than moving on with their lives, “it’s as if a pause button on their development was hit.
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Medical XPress
Children were exposed to higher air pollutant levels during a California wildfire than during a similar-sized controlled burn, and the difference was reflected by changes in immune markers in their blood, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.
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You can use Mepilex Ag to manage low to moderately exuding wounds, such as leg and foot ulcers, pressure ulcers and partial thickness burns. And it can be used under compression bandaging. Learn More
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MedPage Today
The suffering of others should put a damper on any reasonable romance, even in the 1980s. Dating at the workplace, particularly in the burn intensive care unit, seemed against the rules.
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Fierce Healthcare
As politicians in Washington, D.C., consider a sweeping legislative package aimed at curbing healthcare costs including surprise billing and drug prices, it’s also time that doctors and other clinicians be prepared to address those same issues with their patients.
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Burns Journal
The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and development of after burn joint limitation by scar contracture.
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Journal of Burn Care & Research
Prior retrospective studies suggest that physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) acute care consultation improves outcome and reduces acute care length of stay (LOS) in trauma patients. There have not been prospective studies to evaluate this impact in burn patients. This cohort study compared outcomes before and after the introduction of a PM&R consultation service to the acute burn program, and the inpatient rehabilitation program, at a large academic hospital.
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Congratulations to Burn and Reconstructive Centers of Florida at Kendall Regional Medical Center on becoming an American Burn Association Verified Burn Center. Established in 2012, the Miami center treats thousands of burn patients each year from South Florida and beyond.
Click here to learn more.
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Bio-Concepts custom-made pressure garments are ideal for treatment of a wide variety of medical conditions including burn scar management, long-term management of primary and secondary lymphedema, and Sensory Processing Disorders.
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Burns Journal
Hot water bottles (HWBs) are a common domestic item in the UK. Their use is associated with burns injuries, either by contact for prolonged periods with the skin, or through the HWB leaking or bursting.
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