However, in some instances, a patient may present with severe burns accompanied with serious multisystem injury requiring high-level evaluation. Familiarity with burn-specific components of the initial assessment coupled with an effectively implemented referral system can help shorten hospital stay, reduce...
Whenassessing a patientwith burns injury, a thorough A to E assessment is vital. Once performed and the patient stable, try to elicit details regarding themechanism of the burn, as it can provide clues to the likely depth, associated inhalation injury, and concomitant traumatic injuries Amajor ...
Training nursing students in patient assessment skills is crucial to avoid fatal complications of burns. This study aimed to compare the impact of the feedback lecture method and a newly designed serious game on nursing students' knowledge and skills in assessing burn patients. Method Study type ...
Training nursing students in patient assessment skills is crucial to avoid fatal complications of burns. This study aimed to compare the impact of the feedback lecture method and a newly designed serious game on nursing students’ knowledge and skills in assessing burn patients....
The patient’s own characteristics, including general health status, oral and maxillofacial conditions, and psychosocial status, are closely related to the success of RCT.5,6,22,24These conditions not only determine whether RCT can be performed safely and successfully, but also how difficult it is...
A total of 22 PROMs for hand and wrist conditions were identified, with the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) being the most frequently employed, followed by the Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation and QuickDASH. The utilization of these PROMs was prominent in articles focusing on...
The measurement of patient safety culture has been a top priority for many healthcare organizations across Canada. This interest stems partly from the fact that it is a requirement of Accreditation Canada, but it also because leaders have understood the importance of examining the under...
Major burns are life threatening. Fluid resuscitation is required for survival to maintain intravascular volumes and prevent hypovolemic shock. Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has been recognised as a potential method of monitoring fluid shifts after bur
Burns depth evaluation is a lifesaving task and very challenging that requires objective techniques to accomplish. While the visual assessment is the most
(1) the purpose of assessment, varying between formative and summative (e.g.,Bennett, 2010), (2) to what extent the assessment situation can be planned by the teacher (e.g.,Burns, 1984; Shavelson, 2006), (3) to what extent the assessment and the informed decisions have far reaching ...