Dr Rebecca Heah1, Dr Michelle Lodge1, Mr Bernard Carney1, Dr Jake Willet1, Dr Nicholas Smith1, Ms Linda Quinn1 1Womens’ And Childrens’ Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia Abstract: Burns sustained from hot air directed onto skin from household hairdryers are a very...
- 26 August 2021
Dr Peter Meier1, Sharon Rowe1, Professor Fiona Wood1, Dr Helen Douglas1 1Western Australia State Burns Unit, Murdoch, Australia Abstract: Robert Klaber first introduced the term phyotphotodermatitis in 1942, a reaction cause by the combination of phototoxic agents in plants and...
- 26 August 2021
Ms Elizabeth Capell1, Ms Hana Menezes1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Abstract: Background: There was a significant increase in burns admissions over a 12-month period from 2019 to 2020 at the Victorian Adult Burns Service (VABS). The complexity of patients has...
- 26 August 2021
Dr Sonia Hartog1, Dr Tim T. Wang1, Dr Bishoy Soliman1, Dr Jeon Cha1 1Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia Abstract: Escharotomy plays a recognised role in maintaining the viability of extremities affected by circumferential burns. Indication and technique of...
- 26 August 2021
Dr Alexander Murray-Douglass1, Dr Elizabeth Vujcich1 1Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hopsital, , Australia Abstract: Purpose Patients who live rurally have poorer access to healthcare and present to tertiary care later than those from major cities. The Royal Brisbane and Women’s...
- 26 August 2021
Dr Danika Jurat1 Danika Jurat is an unaccredited plastic and reconstructive surgery registrar working at Royal Perth Hospital. Abstract: Background: Invented by renowned Australian Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Professor Fiona Wood, the ReCell® Autologous Cell Harvesting Device (ReCell®) or “spray-on...
- 26 August 2021
Ms Jessica Shapland1, Dr Miller Kate, Mrs Mahoney Tamsin, Associate Professor Megan Simons, Ms Kipping Belinda, Ms Spencer Renae 1Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia Abstract: The Pegg-Leditschke Children’s Burns Centre has long used telehealth consultation for the follow-up of...
- 26 August 2021
Dr Edward Raby1, A/Prof Laurens Manning1, Prof Fiona Wood1 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, , Australia Abstract: There is conflicting evidence from animal models on the effects of NSAIDs on healing and scar quality. Celecoxib has the potential to reduce acute inflammation...
- 26 August 2021
Miss Nathania Tanoto1, Dr Lisa Martin1,2, Dr Helen Douglas3, Professor Fiona Wood1,2,3 1University Of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, 2Fiona Wood Foundation, Murdoch, Australia, 3Burn Service of Western Australia, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia Abstract: Background Paediatric hand burns are a...
- 26 August 2021
Miss Eva Kierath1, Dr Nicola Gray, Dr Mark Fear, Dr Luke Whiley, Prof Fiona Wood 1BIRU, Perth, Western Australia , Australia Abstract: Introduction It has been established that a subset of paediatric patients that have sustained minor burns will face...
- 26 August 2021