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USCD Burn Center admits up to 450 burn victims per year. Led by
Bruce Potenza, M.D., the UCSD burn team boasts experts from areas
such as plastic surgery, social work, pain management, physical and
occupational therapy, child life, psychology and dietetics. In addition,
the burn center offers several support programs for its patients and
their families, and is making important advances in burn injury
research. (2) Additionally, UCSD has the distinction of being a teaching
hospital, therefore they get a new group if interns every July. This
ensures that those with experience can train and share their
knowledge with the interns to better prepare them for their futures in
the field of healthcare.
After a quick tour through the burn unit at the UCSD Medical
Center, (which was much smaller than I expected), we were led to a
large conference room where one of the dietitians, Staci Halac,
explained what she does as the dietitian in a burn unit, and how she
got there.
It was interesting to note that when I imagined they population of
burn patients seeking treatment, I only pictured flame burn injuries. I
was fascinated and surprised when Staci informed us that they treat
soft tissue injuries in general, which include inhalation burns, scalds,
electrocutions, skin infections, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Toxic
Epidermal Necrosis (TEN), and more. Even more interesting was
researching Stevens-Johnson syndrome and TEN, which are two related
References
1. Burn teams and burn centers; the importance of a
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2009 Oct; 36(4): 547554. Doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.015.
Accessed online.
2. UC San Diego Health Regional Burn Center.
http://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/burncenter/Pages/default.aspx. Date accessed, February 27, 2016.
3. Equations for the estimation of energy expenditures in patients
with burns with special reference to ventilator status. J Burn Care
Rehabil. 1992 May-Jun;13(3):330-3. Accessed online; February
27, 2016
4. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/229698-overview
5. Dietitians and Nutritionists. Job outlook;
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/dietitians-andnutritionists.htm