Every year, more than 400,000 French people get burns that require treatment, and more than 8,000 of them need to be hospitalized, according to Public Health France. More than a quarter of these patients are under 4 years of age. About 400 deaths are reported. Not all hospitalized patients have severe burns, defined as burns covering at least 20% of the body, face, or neck and/or affecting the airway. Only 1 in 10 suffer from these life-threatening injuries. People in this category should then be treated as quickly as possible in a burn treatment center (CTB), while less seriously injured people may be admitted to the emergency room before being admitted to a conventional medicine or surgery department.
“Patients with severe burns need intensive care. Upon arrival, they are placed in rooms heated to 37°C to avoid hypothermia, placed under anesthesia…
Source: Le Figaro
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