WCH Burns Digital Referral Service – Keeping paediatric burns patients on the land Lucinda Van de Ven1, Bernard Carney1, Linda Quinn1, 1Women’s And Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia Abstract Background The Paediatric Burns Service at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital...
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On-line paediatric burns care learning package Kristen Storey1,2, Catherine McMillan1, Roy Kimble1,3, Bhaveshkumar Patel1, 1Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Abstract Background Continuing education is necessary...
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Interplast’s work in burns prevention and treatment across the Asia Pacific Jess Hill Abstract Biography Jess is the Director of International Programs at Interplast Australia & New Zealand, where she has been working with, and then leading, Interplast’s international programs...
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Pyoderma gangrenosum secondary to severe burn injury Serag Saleh1, Bish Soliman1, 1Royal North Shore Hospital Abstract Background Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon cutaneous inflammatory dermatosis classically characterised by the formation of sterile, ulcerating lesions that are rapidly progressive and demonstrate...
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Perioperative thermoregulation practices in major burns management across Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (optiTHERMM) Cody Frear1, Guy Stanley2,3, Majid Al-Khalil4, Lorna Burrows5, Jonathon Pleat6, 1University Of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia2Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia3The University of...
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Split thickness skin graft donor site morbidity – patients’ perspective Sarah Bache1, Lisa Martin2,3, Michal Nessler1, Danielle Malatzky 1, Andrew Frank1, Helen Douglas1, Suzanne Rea1, Fiona Wood1,2, 1State Adult Burns Unit Of Western Australia, Perth/Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia2Fiona Wood Foundation,...
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Review of Major Burns Management Protocols Sinem Gultekin1, Elizabeth Concannon2, Lindsay Damkat Thomas3, 1Tasmanian Burns Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia2Adult Burns Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia3New Zealand National Burn Service, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland New Zealand...
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The role of dermal substitutes and facial aesthetic subunits in burn scar resurfacing Sinem Gultekin1, Elizabeth Concannon2, Lauren Middleton2, Nicholas Solanki2, John Greenwood2, 1Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia2Adult Burns Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Abstract Objectives:...
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The history of CO2 laser therapy in burns Sinem Gultekin1, Andrew Castley1, 1Tasmanian Burns Unit, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Abstract The use of CO2 laser therapy for burn scars dates back to the 1980s when the technology was...
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Thermal burns post abdominal surgery Sinem Gultekin1, George Miller1, 1Victorian Adult Burns Service, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Abstract Purpose Operations involving the abdomen can affect the cutaneous sensation of the abdominal wall. Diminished sensation leaves patients vulnerable to post...
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