Burn Care: Recover, First Aid, Treatment

There are over 2.5 million visits to the hospital because of burn accidents. Apart from this being too great a number, those burns that are severe require a lot of critical compliance from the patient to minimize scarring and achieve an eventual healthy outcome after a period of about two years. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the treatment for burn casualties and the self help and self care tips in making an eventual full recovery. This book however also covers the critical subjects of initial first aid for burn victims and how to prevent a burn accident in the home. As well as being a useful hand out at burn centers, it can also be recommended by health care professionals and made available at pharmacies. -- The "Dr. Guide" books brand now encompasses over 50 titles in fields such as allergy, asthma, COPD, diabetes, lifestyle, natural product usage, orthopedics and wound care. The success of the Dr. Guide books is attributed to their: - reader-friendly style - comprehensive information - snappy content and themes of prevention - focus on empowering the patient through self-care - interactive self-assessments and quizzes - well-explained treatment options. -- About the publisher: Mediscript Communications was founded in 1996 by a management team of marketing executives, writers, nurse educators, psychologists and distribution companies to provide a unique and effective style of publications, empowering readers and patients, through interaction, personalization and subsequent relevance. For more information, visit www.mediscript.net Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/mediscriptcommunications/