Mr Peter Campbell1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Concord, Australia Abstract: The role of a Nurse Practitioner in the burns ambulatory care environment is a relatively new concept and has required a change in Care Modelling. This paper aims to describe...
- 22 June 2018
Ms Sarah Fraser1, Associate Professor Julian Grant1, Dr Tamara Mackean1, Dr Kate Hunter2, Mrs Ngara Keeler3, Professor Kathleen Clapham4, Associate Professor Warwick Teague5, Professor Tom Potokar6, Professor Rebecca Ivers2 1Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia, 2The George Institute for Global Health,...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Dinuksha De Silva1, Dr Aruna Wijewardena1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia Abstract: We present an unusual series of ‘lime burns’: three cases of bilateral hand blistering and erythema were recently referred to our unit at Royal North Shore...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Dinuksha De Silva1, Dr Aruna Wijewardena1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia Abstract: Hand burns are a common injury – they are involved in 42-80% of all burn injuries (van der Vlies et al. 2017, Kamolz et al. 2008),...
- 22 June 2018
Dr Alicia Miers1, Mr James Brannigan2, Professor Roy Kimble1 1Pegg Leditschke Children’s Burns Centre, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Abstract: “Flash Paper” is a nitrocellulose paper commonly used in magicians’ routines and accessible...
- 22 June 2018
Ms Jacelle Warren1, Dr Cate Cameron1, Dr Michael Muller2 1Jamieson Trauma Institute, Herston, Australia, 2Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Burns Unit, Herston, Australia Abstract: Introduction:The last epidemiological review of adult burn injuries in Queensland was 15 years ago. It is...
- 22 June 2018
Ms Naomi Davis1, Dr Laura Miller1, Dr Megan Simons2,3,4, Prof Roy Kimble3,4,5,6, Dr Zephanie Tyack2 1School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia, 2Centre for Burns and Trauma Research, Child Health Research Centre, Centre for Children’s Health Research, South...
- 21 June 2018
Ms Nicole Coghlan1,2, Associate Professor Jodie Copley2, Dr Tammy Aplin2, Professor Jenny Strong1,2 1Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia, 2The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Abstract: Burn injuries result from mostly catastrophic events leaving injuries that require extensive...
- 21 June 2018
Dr Kiran Narula1, Ms Helen Douglas1, Mrs Carina Doran1, Dr Justin Bui2, Ms Esther Dawkins3, Prof Fiona Wood1, Prof Suzanne Rea1 1State Adult Burns Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia, 2Medical Education Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia, 3Institute of...
- 21 June 2018
Mrs Claire Toose1, Ms Stephanie Wicks1, Ms Cheri Templeton1, Ms Anne Darton2, Ms Rachel Edmondson3, Ms Julie Bricknell3, Ms Joanne Glinsky4, Ms Lisa Harvey4 1The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia, 2Agency for Clinical Innovation Statewide Burns Injury Service, St...
- 21 June 2018