Ms Martha Druery1, Ms Charlotte Adderley2, Mr Andrew Brown2 1Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, UQ, Brisbane, Australia, 2Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation – Burnslife, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Peer support is an empirically useful adjunct to specialist multidisciplinary...
- 21 June 2018
Ms Walei Zhang1, Prof Cecilia Li-Tsang1 1The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hung Hom, Kln, Hong Kong Abstract: Both pliability and elasticity are commonly used to describe the mechanical property of hypertrophic scar (HS) in reporting treatment efficacy. However, the...
- 21 June 2018
Ms Julieann Coombes1,3, Dr Kate Hunter1,2, Dr Tamara Mackean1,4, Professor Elizabeth Sullivan3, Professor Rebecca Ivers1,3, Professor Andrew Holland5 1The George Instuitute For Global Health, Newtown, Australia, 2University of New South Wales,Faculty of Medicine,, Sydney, Australia, 3University Of Technology Sydney, Sydney,...
- 21 June 2018
Dr Teagan Fink1, Dr Courtney Hall1, Ms Alenka Paddle1, A/Prof Warwick Teague2 1Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, 2Burns Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia Abstract: Hot steam vaporisers are increasingly common in Australia, however are...
- 21 June 2018
Dr Teagan Fink1, Dr Courtney Hall1, Ms Alenka Paddle1, A/Prof Warwick Teague2 1Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, 2Burns Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital , Parkville, Australia Abstract: To date, few studies have been conducted regarding household irons...
- 21 June 2018
Ms Stephanie Wicks1, Ms Katherine Alava Bravo2, Ms Hannah Graham2, Ms Nadishika Gunawardena2, Dr Verity Pacey2 1The Children’s Hospital At Westmead, Westmead, Australia, 2Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia Abstract: Introduction: Burns are a common childhood injury which may significantly impact...
- 21 June 2018
Ms Hannah Leitch1, Ms Dallas Gillespie2, Ms Rebecca Schrale3 1Tasmanian Health Organisation, Hobart, Australia, 2Tasmanian Health Organisation, Hobart, Australia, 3Tasmanian Health Organisation, Hobart, Australia Abstract: Background: Meeting best practice guidelines to minimise contracture development in a full thickness, low voltage...
- 21 June 2018
Mrs Courtney Ryder1, Dr Tamara Makean1, Dr Kate Hunter1, Dr Holger Moller1, Professor Belinda Gabbe2, Professor Andrew Holland3, Professor Rebecca Ivers1 1The George Institute For Global Health, UNSW, Sydney , Australia, 2School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University,...
- 21 June 2018
Dr Harriet Semple1, Akane Katsu1, Dr Aruna Wijewardana1, Dr Robert Gates1, Dr John Vandervord1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia Abstract: Intra-lesional steroid injection is a widely accepted treatment for hypertrophic scarring secondary to burns and is often used...
- 21 June 2018
Ms Stephanie Wicks1, Ms Claire Toose1 1The Children’s Hospital At Westmead, Westmead, Australia Abstract: Optimising the functional recovery after a significant burn injury is the common goal of all therapists rehabilitating burns survivors. Managing these injuries in the paediatric population...
- 21 June 2018