Teamwork for Total Burn Care: Burn Centers and Multidisciplinary Burn Teams

Janos Cambiaso-Daniel, Oscar E. Suman, Mary Jaco, Debra A. Benjamin, David Herndon

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Abstract

The survivor rate of patients with severe burns has increased in the past decades. Some burn centers have teams composed of experts, clinicians, and personnel all knowledgeable in their own specialized fields. The idea of a comprehensive burn care team is important because burn patient care requires the interaction of various specialists in different fields of medicine and rehabilitation. All members of the team need to interact in a synergistic manner in order to provide the best burn care and outcome for the patient. This chapter focuses on burn team composition, communication, approach to care, team building, and the role that every component of this multidisciplinary group has in relation to the patient and how all members of the team contribute to the best patient burn care.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTotal Burn Care, Fifth Edition
PublisherElsevier
Pages8-13.e1
ISBN (Electronic)9780323476614
ISBN (Print)9780323497428
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

Keywords

  • burn care
  • burn centers
  • burn units
  • burns
  • communication
  • patient care
  • team
  • teamwork

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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