The pressure relief technique you use will depend on your level of injury, the type of wheelchair you use and how much movement and strength you have in your arms and shoulders.
Tilting or reclining
If you are unable to perform independent pressure reliefs, you can use a power tilt wheelchair for ...
Opioids are drugs naturally found in the opium poppy plant. While some opioids like morphine are made from the plant directly, others such as fentanyl and tramadol are created in a lab. Opioids are often used as medicines because they can relieve pain. However, opioids can also make people feel ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which pain contributes to risk for suicidal ideation after burn injury. DESIGN: This longitudinal cohort study evaluated participants at discharge, 6 months, and 1 year after burn injury. SETTING: Inpatient rehabilitation units of multiple regional burn centers. PARTICIPANTS: Survivors of major burns (N=128). ...
Study comparing the efficacy and effects of exercise programming versus traditional outpatient therapy for children with severe burns. Participants were 21 children with burns covering > 40% of body surface area, who were randomly assigned to an exercise group (n = 11) and an outpatient group (n = 10). ...
Study analyzed data prospectively obtained from adults with major burn injury 2 months after hospital discharge and 12 months after injury to determine (1) how their quality of life (QOL) changed over time, and (2) what specific functional, emotional, and social variables are able to predict QOL. The Burn ...
Advances in critical care and surgical management have significantly improved survival following burns over the past several decades. However, today, survival alone is an insufficient outcome. The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) has created a program to evaluate the long-term sequelae of burn injuries. As part ...
Study examined the need for surgical intervention in children with burn injuries who received a supervised, hospital-based exercise and physical therapy program compared to pediatric burn patients who received conventional physical therapy in their homes. Fifty-three patients were evaluated at 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months after injury ...
Reviews literature that provides objective data on the ability to return to work after burns and analyzes data obtained from participants at 2 regional burn centers who were employed outside the home at the time of injury. The literature searched from 1966 through October 2000 yielded 10 articles with ...
Study modified an existing scar scale and tested the reliability of the new scale in assessing burn scars from photographs. The new scale consisted of three parameters as follows: scar height, surface appearance, and color mismatch. Each parameter was assigned a score of 1 (best) to 4 (worst), generating ...
People hospitalized for a burn injury often describe it as one of the most painful injuries one can experience Opioids are frequently prescribed to help alleviate this pain.
Although there is not one standard approach to acute burn pain management, a goal is for the hospitalized patient to be awake, alert, ...
What does the respiratory system do?
Your respiratory system (or pulmonary system) is responsible for breathing. This system enables you to inhale oxygen into your blood and exhale carbon dioxide. Your body needs the oxygen to survive, and carbon dioxide must be removed to avoid the build-up of acid in your ...
Introduction
Wheelchair breakdowns can injure wheelchair users and limit mobility and social participation. Poor wheelchair maintenance increases the risk of wheelchair breakdowns and personal injury or death, and increases the costs of medical care. The number of users injured from wheelchair breakdowns doubled from 1991 to 2016.
According to a 2016 study, ...
Are you thinking about getting pregnant?
Having a spinal cord injury (SCI) does not affect your ability to naturally become pregnant, carry, and deliver a baby, so your decision to have children is made in much the same way as anyone else. You consider the demands and challenges of parenting and ...
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MSKTC Radio · Understanding a Burn Injury
PHASE I: Burn Evaluation & Early Care
What Is a Burn Injury?
A burn injury is damage to the layers of skin caused by exposure to the one of the ...
Learn how to take care of a wound after burn injury. This factsheet gives an overview of the three degrees of burns and the standard treatments for each.
Pain and discomfort are an unfortunate part of burn injury and recovery. Many of our patients tell us that ongoing pain continues to be a problem long after discharge from the hospital.
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MSKTC Radio · Psychological Distress after Burn Injury
Introduction
The purpose of this fact sheet is to describe some of the emotional recovery challenges that patients may face after sustaining a major burn injury. It is ...
Depression is common and can affect anyone. Depression is even more common in the spinal cord injury (SCI) population. Estimated rates of depression among people with SCI range from 11% to 37%.