The authors present an extensive review of burn epidemiology. They review sources of burns, preventive tools, emergency behaviors to reduce severity, and rehabilitation. Ways are sketched in which the pediatrician can be an effective advocate against burn injuries.

are guided and controlled by some outside power, whether this power be God, an electric machine, a malicious enemy or a hypnotist makes no intrinsic difference; (2) The feeling of the unreality of the external world, objective experience; and (3) The feeling of the unreality of one's self, subjective experience. Before attempting an analysis, I shall briefly describe a number of cases, which pr...

ALTHOUGH for many years it has been recognized that relationships exist between the chemical structures of certain compounds and their pharmacological properties, those interdependencies1 which have been observed have served more to correlate existing data in many isolated sectors of the field of drug action than to serve as guideposts on the road of medicine and research ahead. Therefore it ha...

Electrical burns are among the most devastating of burn injuries. High voltage electrical injuries result in extensive deep tissue damage and are associated with multiple complications, long term morbidity, and a high mortality rate. We describe the case of a 47 year-old electric company linesman who suffered a high voltage electrical injury (HVEI) of 14,000 volts to bilateral hands and wrists ...

Burn injuries are an important global health problem. Most simple burns can be managed by general practitioners in primary care, but complex burns and all major burns warrant a specialist and skilled multidisciplinary approach for a successful clinical outcome. This article discusses the principles behind managing major burns and scalds using an evidence based approach andprovides a framework f...