Burn Nurse Competency Utilization: Report From the 2019 Annual American Burn Association Meeting

American Burn Association Consensus Statements

Quality is generally recognized to have three components: structure, process, and outcomes. The American Burn Association (ABA) has a long history of trying to improve quality of care for patients with burn injuries. Since its establishment by Dr. Irving Feller in the 1970s,1 the National Burn Information Exchange, a nascent database relying on punch cards submitted by participating burn center...

American Burn Association practice guidelines burn shock resuscitation.

Guidelines • Adults and children with burns greater than 20% TBSA should undergo formal fluid resuscitation using estimates based on body size and surface area burned. • Common formulas used to initiate of resuscitation estimate a crystalloid need for 2 to 4 ml/kg body weight/%TBSA during the first 24 hours. • Fluid resuscitation, regardless of solution type or estimated need, should be titrate...

Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting and annual report.

SPECIAL REPORT American Burn Association Consensus Conference to Define Sepsis and Infection in Burns The American Burn Association Consensus Conference on Burn Sepsis and Infection Group;

The American Burn Association Consensus Conference on Burn Sepsis and Infection Group; David G. Greenhalgh, MD,* Jeffrey R. Saffle, MD,† James H. Holmes, IV, MD,‡ Richard L. Gamelli, MD,§ Tina L. Palmieri, MD,* Jureta W. Horton, PhD,¶ Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, Daniel L. Traber, PhD,** David W. Mozingo, MD,†† Edwin A. Deitch, MD,‡‡ Cleon W. Goodwin, MD,§§ David N. Herndon, MD,** James J. Gallagher...

The American Burn Association in the New Millennium.

I’d like to welcome you all to the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association (ABA). Because we are in Boston, I’d like to start with the Cocoanut Grove fire. The Cocoanut Grove was a popular night club in Boston, which was located just a few blocks from here (Figure 1). On November 28, 1942, it was to be the scene of a celebration after the Boston College and Holy Cross football game...