Embers of Hope: A Palliative Care/Burn Unit Collaboration Story (FR400)

According to current statistics, approximately 30,000 people will be hospitalized at one of the 128 U.S. Burn Centers this year, with over 3000 patients succumbing to death from fire or inhalation injury. Yet there is little description in the literature of successful Palliative Care/Burn Unit integrated collaborations. Burn patients are unique, representing the most severe model of trauma for many of the disciplines involved. For example, patients with severe burn injury have 40-45% pre-burn psychiatric morbidity, including substance abuse, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and psychosis, and many develop post-burn PTSD and depression.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research