Improvements in Burn Care
Abstract
The improvement in the burn care, as reflected in increased survival of burn patients, that has occurred over the past 15 years is well documented in the article by Feller et al elsewhere in this issue. Their report refutes emphatically the skepticism of other authors recorded in publications (in some of which reliance has been placed on retrospective, nonphysican estimation of burn size) impugning burn unit and burn center cost/benefit ratio and care effectiveness. The data presented confirm generally improved survival and shortened hospital stay during three successive periods of six, four, and four years, respectively, in more than 37000 burn patients treated in burn care facilities participating in the National Burn Information Exchange Data Collection Program. In addition to the direct patient care benefits of special burn care facilities noted by the authors, such institutions, by permitting concentration of experience, provide a necessary training ground for those who will provide burn care at other treatment sites. Such education and training functions provide further justification of the cost of special burn treatment facilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 07, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA102773
Entities
People
- Basil A. Pruitt Jr.
Organizations
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research