Diane is a physical therapist with more than 25 years of practice in the areas of wound management and burn care.
Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems
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Introduction
A burn wound can be a serious and potentially life-threatening injury with unique and challenging complications. Proper burn wound management involves thorough and continuous wound assessment. A burn wound, by its nature, is constantly evolving and requires regular assessment for changes which could affect the treatment plan of care. This course will introduce the learner to basic burn classification and terminology, as well as various clinical tools to calculate the percentage of Total Body Surface Area affected by the burn wound.
Aims
This course aims to discuss the effective initial assessment of a burn wound.
Outline
This course is made up of videos, reading, discussions and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:
- 2 Videos
- Reading activity
- Quiz
Target audience
This course is aimed at rehabilitation professionals, students and assistants including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation Doctors, Rehabilitation Nurses, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Psychologists, Audiologists, Dietetics, Social Workers. Community Health Workers, Nurses or Medical Doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.