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Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Burns: Risk Groups, Inhalational Injury and Severity Triage
Starts with skin anatomy and the groups at risk of burns, then pathophysiology and mechanism of injury including electrical muscle damage. Inhalational injury is classified as supraglottic, subglottic or global, and burns are graded minor, moderate or severe for outpatient, inpatient or burns-unit care.
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