24824 - Burns and Intensive Care in Dermatology

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8475)

Learning outcomes

The student at the end of the course acquires basic knowledge on burns, their pathophysiology, the different types of burns and their management.

Course contents

Burns: classification

Burn disease

Burn managing (inpatient admission or outpatient admission)

Algorithm of treatment of burn patient

Burn Unit: organisation

Nurse role in a burn patient

Wound management

Negative pressure therapy

Recent rigenerative medication in burns

ACUTE SKIN FAILURE

Readings/Bibliography

G. Caminati, A. Peghetti. "Le ferite acute". Mac Graw Hill 2012

Pippione - Alaibac - Argenziano - Bongiorno - Calvieri Dermatologia e malattie sessualmente trasmissibili AAVV 2019

Calosso A. Le lesioni cutanee. Ed. Carrocci Faber 2004

Giudelines:

American College of Surgeons “ATLS® Advanced Trauma Life Support “ 2008; 9: 225-240

American Burn Association (ABA) “Guidelines for the operation of burn centre” Resources for optimal care of the injured patient 2006 ; 14: 80-86

American Burn Association (ABA) “White paper- Surgical management of the burn wound and use of skin substitutes 2009; 1-50

Teaching methods

Lessons

Assessment methods

Written exam

Teaching tools

Power Point slides

Office hours

See the website of Davide Melandri