Dr Serge Jennes1 1Brussels and Charleroi Burn Wound Center , Seneffe, Belgium Abstract: A 62-year-old man was hospitalized for severe abdominal sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation, secondary to a diaphragmatic hernia with bowel strangulation. The patient had a prolonged hospital...
- 25 June 2018
Dr Serge Jennes1 1Brussels and Charleroi Burn Wound Center , Seneffe, Belgium Abstract: Objectives:In the aftermath of the Colectiv tragedy on the 30ieth of October 2015, our military burn center received the mission to flight a burn team (B-team) to...
- 25 June 2018
Dr Serge Jennes1 1Brussels and Charleroi Burn Wound Center , Seneffe, Belgium Abstract: Objectives:In the aftermath of the Colectiv tragedy on the 30ieth of October 2015, our military burn center received the mission to flight a burn team (B-team) to...
- 25 June 2018
Dr Serge Jennes1 1Brussels and Charleroi Burn Wound Center , Seneffe, Belgium Abstract: On the 22nd of March 2016, the burn unit of the Queen Astrid military hospital faced a large influx of victims of the terrorist attacks in the...
- 25 June 2018
Dr Jithesh Appukutty1, Dr Cath Spoors1 1Mid Essex Hospital Nhs Trust, Broomfield, United Kingdom Abstract: Introduction:Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) contributes significantly to mortality in intensive care units; its incidence is often used as a key performance indicator. Diagnosing VAP is...
- 22 June 2018
Mrs Nithivadee Wattanaparada1, Mrs Rebecca Fox1, Dr. Helen Jeffrey1 1Burns Operating Theatre, Royal North Shore Hospital, North Ryde, Australia Abstract: Burns patients have difficulty maintaining their temperatures during surgical procedures so interventions which maintain the environmental temperature of the perioperative...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Michelle Chen1, Professor Roy Kimble1, Ms Kristen Storey1 1Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Introduction: Intravenous access for medications and fluid therapy is commonplace in paediatric hospital admissions. However, despite the clinical guidelines (CPG) and education, extravasation injuries...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Megan Simons1,2, Professor Roy Kimble2,3, Dr Zephanie Tyack2,4 1Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, South Brisbane, Australia, 2Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Child Health Research Centre , South Brisbane, Australia, 3Department of Paediatric Surgery, Urology, Neonatal Surgery, Burns...
- 22 June 2018
Ms Helen Dejong1,2,3, Mr Steven Abbott5, Ms Marilyn Zelesco5, Dr Brendan Kennedy3,4, Dr Lisa Martin6, Prof Melanie Ziman2, Prof Fiona Wood6,7 1Perth Scar And Pain Clinic , Mt Pleasant, Australia, 2Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia, 3BRITElab, Harry Perkins Institute of...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Bronwyn Griffin1, Ms Angelin Ooi2, Professor Roy Kimble1,3, Dr Aoife Rice3 1Centre For Children’s Burns And Trauma Research, South Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Queensland, Herston, Australia, 3Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: Vehicle exhaust burns are one of...
- 22 June 2018