Burns

Professor Whitaker is the Chair of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Wales. He combines a clinical practice (both acute care and elective surgery) with the development of an active research program. He is the director of the Reconstructive Surgery and Regenerative Medicine Research Unit, and Deputy Editor of Europe's largest reconstructive surgery journal, the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. He is SAC Lead for Academic Plastic Surgery. Iain read medicine at Cambridge University, completed a sub-internship at Harvard Medical School, and then completed his training in plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery internationally. He has published over 150 articles, and sits on the BAPRAS research council. In collaboration with leading scientists at Swansea University, Iain has developed a doctoral and postdoctoral career path for plastic surgeons in Wales. Professor Shokrollahi is a Burns, Plastic, and Laser surgeon at the regional burns centre at the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit in Liverpool, UK and clinical lead for the Northern Burn Operational Delivery Network, NHS England, UK. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the international journal 'Scars, Burns & Healing' and Associate Editor of the journal 'Annals of Plastic Surgery', and also serves as vice-chairman of The Katie Piper Foundation, a charity that works to improve outcomes for burns survivors.Kayvan graduated from Bristol University with a BSc in cellular and molecular pathology and a degree in Medicine. He was awarded the Hunterian professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2007, and has delivered guest and keynote lectures internationally. His work has been recognised with prizes, grants, and scholarships. He has published over 70 research articles, and served as both an editor and contributor for numerous books. Outside of medicine, Professor Shokrollahi is an accomplished composer and pianist. William Dickson is a consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for the South West Burn Operational Delivery Network (Adults), NHS England, UK. His career has spanned more than 40 years and included working on patients injured in the 1985 Bradford City stadium fire and the Corus blast furnace explosion in 2001. He oversaw the move of the designated burns centre to Swansea in 1994. He was clinical director of the Welsh Burn Centre until 2014, and was awarded an MBE for services to medicine in 2008.

Burn is one of the commonest causes of injury worldwide that leads to serious and sometimes life-threatening problems. As a complex systemic disease, burn injury requires a diverse range of knowledge and skills for optimal care. This handbook concisely incorporates "all-aspects of burn patients care, from first aid to reconstructive tecniques and physiotherapy," sharing the goal of providing all workers involved in the burn care with useful and accessible reference.... It is not only a must-have book for the novice dealing with burn patients, but also a great resource for the more experienced practitioner.

• Overview 1: Naiem Moiemen and Ammar Allouni: Incidence and epidemiology 2: Michael Peck: Burn prevention 3: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Christopher F. Munson, and Jonathon Pleat: Pathophysiological response to burns 4: David N. Herndon, Celeste C. Finnerty, and Rene Przkora: Hypermetabolic response to burns 5: Kayvan Shokrollahi and Susie Yao: The burns management pathway I: Assessing and transferring patients with an acute burn injury 6: Kayvan Shokrollahi and Susie Yao: The burns management pathway II: Receiving and initially managing a patient with burns 7: Nick Marsden and Sarah Hemington-Gorse: Predicting mortality and end of life care Initial burn care 8: Jorge Leon-Villapolas: Burns first aid 9: Rowan Pritchard-Jones and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Assessment of burn surface area 10: Peter George Dziewulski and Quentin Frew: Burn depth assessment 11: Rowan Pritchard-Jones, Chris Seaton, and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Fluid resuscitation in burns 12: William B. Norbury: Escharotomies 13: Francis Andrews: Critical care of burns patients 14: Lee C. Woodson: Anaesthesia: preoperative management of patients with acute burns 15: Lee C. Woodson: Anaesthesia: intraoperative management of patients with acute burn injury 16: Sarah Bache and Peter George Dziewulski: Burns surgery 17: Joseph Hardwicke and Naiem Moiemen: Burn wound dressings 18: Ernest Azzopardi and Christopher Henry Barbara: Infections in burns Types of burn 19: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Ali Arham, David N. Herndon and Celeste C. Finnerty: Chemical burns 20: Jong Lee, David N. Herndon, and Celeste C. Finnerty: Electrical injuries 21: Christina Yip, Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, and David Bodansky: Radiation burns 22: Norbert Schrage and Parneet Gill: Ocular burns 23: Jeremy Goverman, Shawn Fagan, and Dallan Dargan: Hand burns 24: James Warbrick-Smith and Peter Drew: Perineal and genital burns Post-burn care 25: Sujatha Tadiparthi: Skin substitutes 26: Nicole Glassey, Alison Reeves, and Emily Hedges: Rehabilitation: occupation therapy and physiotherapy 27: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Ali Arham, David N. Herndon, and Celeste C. Finnerty: Outcome measures for burns 28: Esther Middelkoop and Ruthann Fanstone: Scar management 29: James Warbrick-Smith and Tom S Potokar: Principles of burn reconstruction 30: Stuart B. Watson: Burn contracture surgery Outpatient and remote burn care 31: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Christina Yip, and Baljit Dheansa: Outpatient management of minor burns 32: Sophie Pope-Jones and William Dickson: Remote assessment of burns 33: Ammar Allouni and Naiem Moiemen: Cost of burn care Burns in children 34: Jong Lee: Paediatric burns 35: Adeyinka Molajo and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Non-accidental injury (NAI) in children Specialised burns care 36: Peter Brooks: Burns itch 37: Christopher F. Munson, Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, and Baljit Dheansa: Nutritional requirements in the burn patient 38: Karen J Lindsay: Tetanus 39: Sandip Hindocha and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Desquamating skin disorders 40: Kamal Bisarya and Tania Cubison: Military burns 41: Nick Marsden and Sarah Hemington-Gorse: Sunburn and artificial tanning 42: Sujatha Tadiparth and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Frostbite 43: Nagham Darhouse and Greg Williams: Hair replacement 44: Karen J Lindsay and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Laser management of scars 45: Indranil Sinha, Raj M. Vyas, and Bohdan Pomahac: Face transplantation Pain management 46: William L Yancey, Walter J. Meyer III, Lee C. Woodson, and Rene Przkora: Pain management 47: Greg Barton: Burn care drug formulary