Description
Book Synopsis, St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver
Trade ReviewRecommended for public libraries and consumer health collections... Munster, a professor of surgery and plastic surgery who has specialized in the care of burn patients for the past 25 years and who is director of the Baltimore Regional Burn Center, candidly discusses the medical and psychological care that burn patients receive. Written for lay readers, his guide presents a wide range of clearly explained medical information-types of burns, stages of treatment and recovery, pain management, physical rehabilitation, plastic surgery, and so forth. Munster is sensitive to the needs of young burn survivors. Library Journal Illustrated and bolstered by first-person accounts of four burn patients... Covers early treatment, rehabilitation, reconstructive surgery, and support groups. Kansas City Star
Table of ContentsFigures
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Contributors
Preface
Introduction: The Who, Where, and How of Burn Injury
Part I: The Early Course of Burn Treatment
Chapter 1. Critical Burn Care
Chapter 2. Family and Friends
Chapter 3. Medical Personnel, Procedures, and Equipment
Part II: The Road to Recovery
Chapter 4. Physical Rehabilitation
Chapter 5. Psychosocial Rehabilitiation
Chapter 6. Reconstructive Surgery
Part III: Looking to the Future
Chapter 7. Organized Support
Chapter 8. Prevention: Spread the Word
Appendix A. First Aid for Burn Emergencies
Appendix B. Corrective Cosmetics for the Burn Patient
Appendix C. Burn Care Services in the United States and Canada
Glossary
Index
