This lecture series combines two of our most popular courses, burns and near-drowning, to illustrate “The worst ways to die!”
The first 60 minutes of this 2-part presentation will cover when a child is burned and current best practices to help during this gut wrenching experience. Burns that are thermal, chemical, or electrical in origin will change the lives of thousands of people forever each year. Prehospital and emergency personnel can be one of the first to care for these patients and proper interventions in the first few critical hours can truly be lifesaving. Current assessment and management principles of burn care, as well as their pathophysiologic rationales will be discussed. This interactive lecture will dispel many of the myths of burn care, thus allowing for a better understanding of the real-life ways to best manage these critically ill children and adults.
After a short break the second 45 minutes will cover, what really happens when someone drowns? Attendees will be given an inside view as they are asked to close their eyes and be guided through the human body’s responses to progressive hypoxia and eventual death. From the prehospital arena to the critical care unit, assessment findings are being investigated in an effort to predict the long-term degree of disability for patients. As with many areas of medicine there are no absolutes, and children continue to amaze caregivers with their astonishing recoveries.