Dr. Joe sits down with the Burncast to discuss a range of material presented at the meeting.
Specific topics include:
1) Operation Gotham Shield— A mass-casualty exercise played out over 2 days at the meeting and reflections on the current state of mass-casualty readiness in the burn community;
2) National outcomes in cases of combined thermal and mechanical trauma;
3) Outpatient screening for Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in burn survivors; and
4) New blood-loss tracking technology and the association between timing of burn excision and blood loss in burn excisions
