Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm health system capacity.This document provides practical guidance for building capacity and capability for burns care from clinical, human resources a...nd operational perspectives. It is therefore recommended that guidance in this document be applied to any contexts in which the local health system might struggle to cope and require surge support. more

L’infection d’une plaie demeure problématique pour les personnes présentant une plaie, leur famille et les professionnels de santé. L’infection d’une plaie peut entraîner un retard de la cicatrisation, de multiples visites aux services de soins et une durée d’hospitalisation accrue. ...Cela a un coût économique important et des répercussions négatives sur la qualité de vie de la personne présentant une plaie et de sa famille. Une identification précise et rapide des signes et symptômes d’infection de la plaie est essentielle pour sa prise en charge efficace. more

Le milieu des soins de plaies est un monde en pleine effervescence. Étant une des activités réservées à l’infirmière, cette dernière doit posséder les connaissances afin d’établir le plan de traitement selon l’évaluation de la plaie. Ce guide a été élaboré afin d’outiller l�...�infirmière, ainsi que les médecins et les autres professionnels de la santé, les aidant ainsi à choisir le plan de traitement optimal pour favoriser une guérison rapide de la plaie. more

A systematic approach to holistic wound care is essential for the delivery of high quality wound care. Holistic wound assessment considers the whole person and should comprise the components of the generic wound assessment minimal data set. Therefore holistic assessment is key to gathering informati...on on the patient and their wound. This information should be documented at each review so that it can act as a baseline against which wound progress can be tracked and used to guide management decisions. Inaccurate or lack of assessment can result in appropriate care and delays in healing, unnecessary patient suffering, poor outcomes and the inappropriate use of resources more

Wound care is a regular component of the package of care we offer in the majority of our health care facilities and represents a high volume of activities. The current practices in MSF projects are often based on the habits of each individual supervisor, the wound care material we off...er is partly outdated and does not allow optimal wound care. There is a need for standardization of wound care and it needs to be evidence based as much as possible, taking into account the realities of the field. The scope of this document is to guide the caregiver in the wound care process. It does not intend to provide in depth information on wound healing or physiology. There is a wide range of literature and background information available for this purpose in the references and in the list of extra reading more

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This document is a practical guide to the management of burn injuries for healthcare professionals everyhwere who are non-burn specialistsi