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    Rob Sheridan.
    Summary: This book's concise visual approach is geared to all professionals caring for burn patients in acute or recovery phases. It is of special value to those surgeons, physicians, nurses and related professionals in burn and emergency units.

    Contents:
    Epidemiology ; Organization of burn care ; Long-term outcomes ; Austere alternatives
    Physiology of Burns. Local response to burn injury ; Systemic response to burn injury ; Pediatric considerations ; Geriatric considerations
    Initial Care. Prehospital and interhospital transport ; Primary survey ; Burn-specific secondary survey ; Initial wound care ; Escharotomies and fasciotomies
    Fluid Resuscitation. Resuscitation physiology ; Resuscitation practice
    Wound Excision and Closure. Evaluation of the wound ; Determining the time and need for operation ; Techniques of burn wound excision ; Techniques to minimize blood loss ; Graft fixation and postoperative wound care ; Skin substitutes ; Donor site management
    Respiratory Issues. Inhalation injury ; Carbon monoxide and cyanide exposures ; Respiratory failure; Chronic airway management ; Weaning and extubation
    Burn Critical Care. Neurologic and pain control issues ; Hemodynamic and electrolyte issues ; Vascular access ; Nutritional support ; Complications and sepsis ; Burn wound infection
    Definitive Wound Closure. Massive burns ; Facial burns ; Eyelid burns ; Ear burns ; Scalp burns ; Neck burns; Hand burns ; Genital burns
    Special Injuries and Illnesses. Electrical injuries ; Chemical burns ; Hot tar burns ; Cold injuries ; Toxic epidermal necrolysis ; Purpura fulminans ; Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome ; Soft tissue trauma and infection ; Injuries of abuse ; Combined burns and trauma
    Out-Patient Management. Patient selection ; Techniques
    Burn Rehabilitation. Early acute rehabilitation ; Late acute rehabilitation ; Long-term rehabilitation and scar management
    Acute Burn Reconstruction and Aftercare. Head and neck ; Hand ; Upper extremity ; Lower extremity ; Aftercare and emotional recovery.