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Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
Published on: November 21, 2017
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Comprehensive burn care requires addressing both physical and emotional needs of the child. Integrating psychological support alongside medical treatments ensures complete recovery and reduces suffering for patients and families.
Area of Science:
- Burn Care and Treatment
- Pediatric Psychology
- Trauma Recovery
Background:
- Significant advancements in physical burn treatments have been achieved, including intravenous therapy, infection control, skin grafting, and nutritional support.
- Minimizing scarring and deformity are key physical considerations in burn management.
- The emotional and psychological impact of severe burns on children and their families is a critical, often overlooked, aspect of care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the importance of emotional care in pediatric burn treatment.
- To emphasize the necessity of a holistic approach to burn care, involving the entire child and a multidisciplinary team.
- To outline principles for providing comprehensive emotional support during and after burn injury.
Main Methods:
- Review of developments in burn care, emphasizing both physical and psychosocial aspects.
- Discussion of the principles of holistic care for burned children.
- Identification of critical junctures and the importance of sustained, trained support.
Main Results:
- Burn care has seen remarkable progress in physical interventions.
- Emotional care is as vital as physical treatment for a complete recovery.
- A multidisciplinary 'whole burn team' approach is essential for addressing the child's overall well-being.
Conclusions:
- Burn care is incomplete without dedicated emotional support for the burned child.
- Early, consistent, and compassionate care from trained professionals significantly reduces suffering for patients and parents.
- A holistic approach integrating physical and emotional care prevents long-term tragedies and improves social and economic outcomes.
Abstract:
In commemorating and honoring the work of Everett Idris Evans we note the extraordinary developments in burn care which have taken place in intravenous therapy, control of infection, skin coverage, metabolism and diet, and the minimization of scarring and deformity. Probably a more important consideration is the emotional care of the burned child in relation to his grievous injury and disfigurement, to his relationship with his family and to his own expectations and those of all those in contact with him for his future, both social and economic. Without this emotional care we must confess that burn care is incomplete. References are made to the way in which the whole child should be cared for by the whole burn team and the principles underlying this. A special note is made of times of crisis to be encountered. The correct approach by trained people from the beginning of the illness and their patient continuation of contact as long as necessary will enormously reduce the suffering both the patients and their parents and will avoid many tragedies.
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