Burn Treatment - How to Achieve an LD50 of 98% TBSA Burn

Tina L. Palmieri, MD, FACS, FCCM Associate Professor and Director at University of California Davis and Assistant Chief of Burns at Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, presenting lecture "How to Achieve an LD50 of 98% TBSA Burn: Are We There Yet?", in August 3, 2011 at The 9th Annual John F. Hansbrough Memorial Lecture, Goldberg Auditorium, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California

Draining Bulla On Palm

Here you will see drainage of bulla on right palm. You will see the purulent material coming out when incision was given. Watch out whole procedure of giving incision, cleaning wound, with normal saline, hydrogen peroxide, betadiene, & removing dead skin.

Layers of the epidermis

Lecture showing the 5 layers of the epidermis: basale, spinosum, granulosum, lucidum, corneum. The layers are showed on diagrams and in pictures taken by the use of light microscopy. The cells of the epidermis are also showed: Keratinocytes, Melanocytes, Merkell cells, Langherhans cells. Presents the difference between thick skin and thin skin.

Creating skin grafts for burn victims

Biomedical engineers at Stevens are making more realistic skin grafts by adding hairs to artificial skin tissues.

Burns: Classification and Treatment

This 3D medical animation shows burns, which are skin injuries caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, or radiation. Types of burns are shown, including first-degree/superficial burns, second-degree/partial thickness burns, third-degree/full thickness burns, and fourth-degree burns. Treatments for burns are described, including antibiotic ointments, bandages, and medications such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen.