Main description:

A step-by-step guidance on burn management and rehabilitation of a burn victim

The book provides step-by-step understanding about burn management and rehabilitation of the burn victim. It presents practical and workable solutions to several complex and critical situations. It aims to provide simplified methods in developing scientific temper for the management of burns. Text is presented in simple and easy to understand language and an accompanying DVD illustrates key points.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Burns
2. Physiological Changes following Burns
3. First Aid in Burns
4. Acute Burn Wound Management
5. Late Burn Wound Management
6. General Treatment of Burn Patients
7. Systemic Antibiotics
8. Inhalational Injury
9. Electrical Burns
10. Chemical Burns
11. Burns of Special Site
12. Radiation Burns
13. Physiotherapy in Burns
14. Post-burn Sequelae
15. Firecracker Injuries
Index