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Burn care and rehabilitation in Australia: Health professionals’ perspectives

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posted on 2021-11-15, 01:00 authored by Rachel Kornhaber, Greg Rickard, Loyola McLean, Rick Wiechula, Violeta Lopez, Michelle ClearyMichelle Cleary
Objective: To understand health professionals’ perspectives of burn care and rehabilitation. Design: Qualitative and semi-structured interviews. Setting: Australian burn and rehabilitation units. Participants: Twenty-two clinicians working in burns units across disciplines and healthcare settings. Results: The data portrayed the health professionals’ perspectives of burn care and rehabilitation in Australia. Three themes were identified: (1) interprofessional collaboration; (2) integrated community care, and (3) empowering patients to self-care. Conclusion: Burn care and rehabilitation remains a complex and a challenging area of care with limited access to burn services especially in rural and remote areas. Interprofessional training and education of health professionals involved with the complex care of burn injury remains a key element to support and sustain the long-term rehabilitation requirements for patients and their families. Empowering patients to develop independence early in their rehabilitation is fundamental to their ongoing recovery. A burns model of care that embraces a multidisciplinary collaboration and integrated care across the continuum has the potential to positively impact recovery and improve health outcomes.Implications for rehabilitation Burn care and rehabilitation remains a complex and challenging area of care. Managing the rehabilitation phase after burn injury can be as complex as managing the acute phase. Interprofessional collaboration, integrated community care, and empowering patients to self-care are key elements for sustaining the rehabilitation of adults with burn injuries.

History

Volume

41

Issue

6

Start Page

714

End Page

719

Number of Pages

6

eISSN

1464-5165

ISSN

0963-8288

Location

England

Publisher

taylor & Francis

Language

eng

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Acceptance Date

2017-11-13

External Author Affiliations

University of Tasmania; The University of Sydney; The University of Adelaide,; National University of Singapore

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Medium

Print-Electronic

Journal

Disability and Rehabilitation