Wound care uses specific dressings and hygiene to prevent wound infections. The wound care team assesses the healing progress of wounds daily. Wound care: When you are admitted to the burn unit, your ...

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. To bring relief to this and other problems, University of Waterloo researchers have ...

Researchers have created a new type of wound dressing material using advanced polymers. This new dressing could enhance the healing process for burn patients and have potential applications for drug ...

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. Image Credit: University of Waterloo To bring relief to this and other problems, ...

(Nanowerk News) Chemists at the University have developed a prototype medical dressing that detects the first signs of the lethal Toxic Shock Syndrome along with other burn wound infections and could ...

Your specialist needs to look at your burn to decide how serious it is. They will search for signs of skin damage: How many layers of your skin are injured The size of the affected area The location ...

Lynn Yurko has worked as a nurse in the MetroHealth burn unit since 1974, four years after the Burn Center's inception. Then, as now, what is likely to make a burn injury fatal is sepsis and infection ...

Serious burns can lead to infection and potentially fatal toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Once an infection sets in, it is vital to begin treatment quickly to avoid or minimize a transition to TSS. The ...

Prior studies have investigated alternative approaches to pain reduction in burn injury patients that focus on distraction, such as music, hypnosis, toys, and virtual reality (VR). A research team has ...