Comparative study on National Burn Registry in America, England, Australia and Iran.

Context: Iran experiences a high rate of burns accompanied by painful consequences, death and a lot of disabilities. In order to reduce the burden of this injury, some strategies such as designing and implementation of registration systems are essential.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare National Burn Registry in America, England, Australia and Iran.

Use of telemedicine in disaster and remote places.

One of the methods, especially those living in remote areas or have crashed and does not have access to specialists is telemedicine. Telemedicine describes the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients' health status and care. Travel and wait times between the initial consultations with the patient's own general practitioner and referral to specialist can be reduced and specialists have successfully provided remote triage and treatment consults of victims via the robot.