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MANAGING THE BURN WOUND 

 Robert H. Demling, M.D.  

Leslie DeSanti R.N. 

 Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Burn Center

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I:

Skin (Biological Properties)

Section II:

Pathogenesis of Burn Injury (Initial and Delayed)

Section III:

Burn Wound Assessment

Section IV:

Burn Wound Management

Section V:

Daily Wound Care

Section VI:

Care of Burns due to High Risk Areas

Section VII:

Surgical Excision & Grafting Management

Section VIII:

Use of Skin Substitutes

Section IX:

Scar Formation and Management

Section X:

Rehabilitation Process

Section XI:

Long Term Wound Problems (itch, drying, breakdown, T°, regulation)

   

 

 

 

 


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