by Thomas Crow, Particle Blair at work in one of the QEII medical research labs. Credit: Thomas Crow UWA scientists have discovered a surprising and significant link between burn injuries and heart disease. If you’ve ever had a burn injury, you’re not alone. There are around 50,000 burn-related hospital admissions in Australia each year, according...
by American College of Emergency Physicians Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research in the January edition of Annals of Emergency Medicine reveals that cooling with running water is the best initial treatment for a child’s burn. Researchers found that cool running water can reduce the odds of needing a skin graft, expedite healing and lessen the chance that...
