Need: More than 2 million burn injuries occur each year in the United States. Seventy- five thousand of these injuries result in hospitalization, and some 10 thousand result in death. Positive outcomes are enhanced through immediate intervention of first responders, initial care provided by emergency department personnel, and also long-term management coordinated by a multidisciplinary team. Proper care of patients with burn injuries requires specialized education and training.
Purpose: The Southern Medical Association and the burn centers across the southeast have designed a forum for case discussion, current interventions, protocols, treatment modalities, research, and the psychosocial needs of burn survivors.
Take a look at our program topics designed especially to meet your educational needs. . .
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• Initiatives of the American Burn Association
• Annual incidence of fire and burn death
• Disaster response, multiple disasters and their effects
• Bowel management system
• Therapeutic options
• Incidence and etiology of burn injuries
• Burn care processes
• Outreach programs and awareness education
• Proactive burn care management
• Pediatric burn care
• Hospital administration communication
• Ventilator strategies
• Nosocomial pneumonias
• Rehabilitation and prosthetic guidelines
• Alternative wound care
• Bilateral optic neuropathy
• Novel innate immunity genes
• Alcohol and drug risk factors
• Unit based practice council
• Emotional suffering
• Rehabilitation curricula and nutritional support
• Staff efficiency, accountability and retention
• Coding guidelines and reimbursement outcomes
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