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Treatment depends on the severity of the burn. [2] Superficial burns may be managed with little more than simple pain medication, while major burns may require prolonged treatment in specialized burn centers. [2] Cooling with tap water may help pain and decrease damage; however, prolonged cooling may result in low body temperature.
Mafenide is used to treat severe burns. [1] [2] It is used topically as an adjunctive therapy for second- and third-degree burns.It is bacteriostatic against many gram-positive and gram-negative organisms, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Chemical burns may occur through direct contact on body surfaces, including skin and eyes, via inhalation, and/or by ingestion. Substances that diffuse efficiently in human tissue, e.g., hydrofluoric acid , sulfur mustard , and dimethyl sulfate , may not react immediately, but instead produce the burns and inflammation hours after the contact.
A burn center, burn unit, or burns unit is a hospital specializing in the treatment of burns. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Burn centers are often used for the treatment and recovery of patients with more severe burns.
Negative pressure wound therapy device. Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT), also known as a vacuum assisted closure (VAC), is a therapeutic technique using a suction pump, tubing, and a dressing to remove excess wound exudate and to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds and second- and third-degree burns.
The American Burn Association (ABA) is a member-based organization of professionals dedicated to burn injury treatment, research, education, and prevention. [1] The 2,000+ members of the ABA span multiple disciplines that specialize in burns, including physicians, surgeons, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, firefighters, social workers, researchers, and hospitals with burn centers. [1]
An escharotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat full-thickness (third-degree) circumferential burns. In full-thickness burns, both the epidermis and the dermis are destroyed along with sensory nerves in the dermis. The tough leathery tissue remaining after a full-thickness burn has been termed eschar. Following a full-thickness burn, as ...
Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.