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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Burn care"”.
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Telemedicine: A Bridge to Improved Burn Care for People Experiencing Homelessness? Provider and Allied Healthcare Professional Perspective on benefits and drawbacks in Long-Term Care
… need to find ways of providing appropriate healthcare to this population. Burn injuries can be some of the most traumatic injuries, physically and mentally. With the possibility of lengthy recovery times and intense outpatient follow-up post hospitalization or ER visit, it is crucial that we find …
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A MIXED-METHOD FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPARING THE OUTPATIENT ASSESSMENT OF BURN PATIENTS USING A TABLET DEVICE VERSUS THE USUAL FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER
The number of verified burn centers across the U.S. has dramatically decreased, negatively impacting access to burn care. Telehealth is a solution for burn care, however there is minimal research evaluating burn care through telehealth. The primary purpose of this mixed method feasibility study was …
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Teleconsultation for diagnosis and care of burn injuries in the Western Cape: Evaluation of healthcare providers intention to use mHealth technology
Background: Burn care in resource-constrained settings represents a significant challenge. Mobile health (mHealth) could have useful advantages by providing timely expert advice. As part of a larger study on teleconsultation in burn care, a mobile application – the Vula App – was developed and …
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Nurse Practitioners in Burn Centers: An Exploration of the Developing Role
… to practice in the environment of caring for burned patients. Exploration and identification of the role of NPs practicing among this unique population may benefit patients, and the burn community, when the expertise of the NP is added to a greater multi-disciplinary team. Two data collection …
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Automatic Burns Analysis Using Machine Learning
Burn injuries are a significant global health concern, causing high mortality and morbidity rates. Clinical assessment is the current standard for diagnosing burn injuries, but it suffers from interobserver variability and is not suitable for intermediate burn depths. To address these challenges, …
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Paediatric Surgery training in South Africa: Trainees' perspectives
… training deficits included lack of exposure to burn care in 12 trainees (30%), no urology exposure in 8 (20%), no paediatric trauma or minimally invasive surgery exposure in 6 (15%). Eighteen trainees (44%) reportedly worked more than 65 hours per week with clinical responsibilities being the …
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Burn injury and self-silencing: a study of women's narratives
Due to medical advances in burn care, the survival rate of individuals with serious burns has significantly increased. This has lead to a great need to focus on psychological aspects of burn injury recovery, particularly how people adapt to their changed bodies. The literature indicates that burn …
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Indigenous Burn Survivors Experiences of Injury, Care, and Social Reintegration
Burn injuries have potential for significant long-term impact and require highly specialized treatment to limit sequalae. Indigenous people are impacted by burn injuries at disproportionate rates across colonized countries of Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand. This study aimed to …
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The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 On the Evidence Based Practice of Distributive Justice Via Comfort Care In Elderly Burn Trauma Victims
<p>Burn injuries devastate lives. Mere survival demonstrates both the amazing recuperative capacity of the human body and the remarkable advance of modern healthcare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) mandates the early identification of goals-of-care through shared …
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Using Video Games For Decreasing Pain Caused By Acute Painful Crisis In Adolescents With Sickle Cell Pain
… technologies with different populations such as burn care, painful medical procedures and cancer pain. The use of videogames as a distraction modality has been proven to show positive and significant results in the treatment of acute pain. Results from this study show promising findings related …
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Role of human β-defensins in human burn wounds
Background - Burns is a complex condition requiring assessment and addressing of both the wound and the patient in a holistic way. In spite of tremendous improvements in burn care, infection continues to remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Human Β Defensins (HBD) are a group of …
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An Examination of the Night Burn Clinic Transition to Nurse Practitioner Coverage
<p><strong>Background/Significance:</strong> Burns are dynamic, evolving wounds requiring prompt attention and treatment (Morgan et al., 2018). Many studies have been conducted comparing physician outcomes to those of APNs showing no difference (McCleery, Christensen, Peterson, Humphrey, & Helfand, …