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What's new in burns trauma?
Author(s) -
Burd Andrew,
Noronha Frederick V.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
surgical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1744-1633
pISSN - 1744-1625
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2005.00274.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , clinical practice , nursing
Objectives: To review advances in burns care in Hong Kong over the past five years and compare these with global advances. Methods: Global advances have been summarized from literature reviews and current practices detailed from published and ongoing local studies. Results: Hong Kong is providing a world class burns service and makes a significant contribution to evolving clinical practice on a global scale. Conclusions: Burns care is continually evolving and survival per se is not the significant challenge it was in previous decades. The emphasis remains on burns prevention but in the event of injuries occurring, quality of survival is the key issue which involves prompt and appropriate acute care, effective reconstruction and holistic rehabilitation.