A descriptive survey of operating theatre and intensive care unit temperature management of burn patients in the United Kingdom.

Background: Patients with major burns lose the normal thermoregulatory function of their skin. They exhibit profound changes in metabolism which aim to compensate for the heat loss associated with water loss through burnt skin. Although these changes in physiology are well documented, the optimal methods for temperature management in both the Operating Theatre and Intensive Care Unit are less clear.

A comment on prognostic factors in burns.

We read the recent paper "Prognostic factors in patients with burns" [1] by Zielinski et al. with great interest. The article is very informative, in a concise and eloquent manner, allowing the reader to familiarise themselves with the plethora of prognostication models used worldwide in the assessment of burn patients.

Enhanced case management can be delivered for patients with EVD in Africa: Experience from a UK military Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.

Background: Limited data exist describing supportive care management, laboratory abnormalities and outcomes in patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa. We report data which constitute the first description of the provision of enhanced EVD case management protocols in a West African setting.

Methods: Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected by retrospective review of clinical and laboratory records of patients with confirmed EVD admitted between 5 November 2014 and 30 June 2015.

Transferring patients with Ebola by land and air: the British military experience.

The Ebola epidemic of 2014/2015 led to a multinational response to control the disease outbreak. Assurance for British aid workers included provision of a robust treatment pathway including repatriation back to the UK. This pathway involved the use of both land and air assets to ensure that patients were transferred quickly, and safely, to a high-level isolation unit in the UK.