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- Civilian disasters and armed conflicts present similar challenges for burn care teams, requiring extensive training and collaboration to effectively manage crises.
- A strong clinical research program is essential for improving readiness and sustaining advancements in burn care, which have notably reduced postburn mortality over the past century.
- Future efforts must focus on understanding long-term outcomes for burn survivors and enhancing their quality of life, necessitating the establishment of clinical research programs now to prepare for upcoming challenges.
Article Abstract
Civilian mass-casualty disasters and armed conflict share many features, including the fact that both maximally challenge multidisciplinary burn teams. Rigorous training is required to build teams and systems that can respond effectively. One of the critical but potentially overlooked components of readiness for crisis care is a robust clinical research program. Rather than stalling progress, disasters and conflict over the last 100 years consistently energized advances in care. This was made possible by the hard work of our predecessors , and resulted in significant reductions in postburn mortality. Now, further work is needed not only to maintain these improvements in mortality, but also to understand the long-term functional outcomes and to improve the quality of life of burn survivors. Clinical research programs to address these issues must be established now, so that we are optimally prepared for the next conflict or disaster.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11544819 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ebj5030026 | DOI Listing |
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