Open AccessThe Importance of First Aid to Burned Patients: 30 Years of Experience at the Burns Centre in Pisa
Author(s) -
Roberto Gianfaldoni,
Serena Gianfaldoni,
Jacopo Lotti,
Georgi Tchernev,
Uwe Wollina,
Torello Lotti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2017.131
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , disease , surgery
The first aids to burned patients are fundamental for the evolution of the disease and the success of the next medical care in a Burns Center. In our 30-years experience, we can reassume that they must be provided to limit the cause of thermal damage, to evaluate and correct eventual respiratory or cardiovascular disorders, to find out the possible damage to different organs and the primary care on cutaneous lesions.