The Children’s Burn Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support services for child burn survivors, ages 0-18 and their families, as well as burn prevention and fire safety education to thousands of children and caregivers in Southern California, nationally, and internationally.
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A burn injury can change the way your body looks, feels, and functions. In some cases, these changes in your appearance may be permanent. After a burn injury, the initial focus is on addressing your immediate, physical needs for survival. Once these needs are met and you are on a ...
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 ...
Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Galveston, a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital, research and teaching center, conducts research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families.
The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors is the leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering anyone affected by a burn injury through peer support, education, and advocacy.
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.
Disability.gov is the federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services nationwide.You can find thousands of resources on topics, such as applying for Social Security disability benefits, finding a job and paying for accessible housing, to name just a few.
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Introducción
Una lesión por quemaduras puede cambiar la forma como su cuerpo se ve, se siente y funciona. En algunos casos, estos cambios en su apariencia pueden ser permanentes. Tras una lesión por quemaduras, el objetivo inicial es abordar sus necesidades físicas inmediatas y de supervivencia. Una vez satisfechas estas necesidades ...
The mission of the Burn Advocates Network is to support burn survivors – whether they are children, young men and women who are wounded in combat, or the elderly – as they face the challenges of recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
The American Burn Association is dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by burn injury. The American Burn Association and its members dedicate their efforts and resources to promoting and supporting burn-related research, education, care, rehabilitation, and prevention.
Las personas hospitalizadas por una lesión por quemaduras suelen describir las lesiones como una de las más dolorosas que uno puede experimentar. Es frecuente que se receten opioides para ayudar a aliviar este dolor.
Aunque no existe un enfoque estándar para el manejo del dolor por quemaduras agudas, un objetivo es ...
Cómo se determina la extensión de la quemadura
Las lesiones por quemadura se producen como consecuencia de incendios, llamas, líquidos o vapores calientes, contacto con objetos calientes o sustancias calientes, como grasa o alquitrán, sustancias químicas o electricidad. Al evaluar una lesión por quemadura, los médicos analizan dos factores: la profundidad ...
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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 ...