UTILIZATION OF THE BURN UNIT FOR NONBURN PATIENTS - THE WOUND INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT
UTILIZATION OF THE BURN UNIT FOR NONBURN PATIENTS - THE WOUND INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT
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DOI：
10.1097/00000637-198911000-00008
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发表时间：
1989-11-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
KNOWLTON, C
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作者：
BARILLO, DJ;HALLOCK, GG;KNOWLTON, C
烧伤单位和经验丰富的烧伤护士是宝贵的，昂贵的资源，是未充分利用时，烧伤人口普查是低。烧伤设施可用于治疗其他疾病或损伤，以提供最佳伤口管理或提供重症监护病房床位。我们通过问卷调查研究了美国120个烧伤单位的入院情况，以确定非烧伤的使用频率。116个烧伤单位常规治疗非烧伤损伤。77个烧伤单位也接受其他重症监护病房的病人。美国的烧伤科正在提供大量的非烧伤伤口护理，这对患者和烧伤科都有潜在的好处。使用烧伤设施作为“伤口重症监护病房”的影响进行了讨论。
Burn units and experienced burn nurses are valuable, expensive resources that are underutilized when the burn census is low. Burn facilities can be used to treat other conditions or injuries to provide optimum wound management or to provide overflow intensive care unit beds. We studied via a questionnaire survey the admission profiles of 120 burn units in the United States to determine frequency of utilization for nonburn injuries. One hundred sixteen burn units routinely treat nonburn injuries. Seventy-seven burn units also accept overflow patients from other critical care units. A significant amount of nonburn wound care is being provided by burn units in the United States, with potential benefit to both the patient and the burn unit. The implications of the use of burn facilities as “wound intensive care units” are discussed.