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Burn injuries are recognised as a major health problem worldwide, causing morbidity and mortality in individuals of all ages. The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Burns is a concise, easy-to-navigate reference text that outlines the assessment, management, and rehabilitation of burns patients. With contributions from international experts, this handbook covers all aspects of burn-patient care, from first aid to reconstructive techniques and physiotherapy. This new, pocket-sized title is an invaluable resource for all those who come into contact with burns patients, from accident and emergency doctors to allied health professionals, as well as specialists and trainees in burns units. Filling an important niche in the market for an accessible quick-access guide for those first on the scene, The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Burns is a comprehensive and detailed new resource.

Overview 1: Naiem Moiemen and Ammar Allouni: Incidence and epidemiology 2: Michael Peck: Burn prevention 3: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Christopher F. Munson, and Jonathon Pleat: Pathophysiological response to burns 4: David N. Herndon, Celeste C. Finnerty, and Rene Przkora: Hypermetabolic response to burns 5: Kayvan Shokrollahi and Susie Yao: The burns management pathway I: Assessing and transferring patients with an acute burn injury 6: Kayvan Shokrollahi and Susie Yao: The burns management pathway II: Receiving and initially managing a patient with burns 7: Nick Marsden and Sarah Hemington-Gorse: Predicting mortality and end of life care Initial burn care 8: Jorge Leon-Villapolas: Burns first aid 9: Rowan Pritchard-Jones and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Assessment of burn surface area 10: Peter George Dziewulski and Quentin Frew: Burn depth assessment 11: Rowan Pritchard-Jones, Chris Seaton, and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Fluid resuscitation in burns 12: William B. Norbury: Escharotomies 13: Francis Andrews: Critical care of burns patients 14: Lee C. Woodson: Anaesthesia: preoperative management of patients with acute burns 15: Lee C. Woodson: Anaesthesia: intraoperative management of patients with acute burn injury 16: Sarah Bache and Peter George Dziewulski: Burns surgery 17: Joseph Hardwicke and Naiem Moiemen: Burn wound dressings 18: Ernest Azzopardi and Christopher Henry Barbara: Infections in burns Types of burn 19: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Ali Arham, David N. Herndon and Celeste C. Finnerty: Chemical burns 20: Jong Lee, David N. Herndon, and Celeste C. Finnerty: Electrical injuries 21: Christina Yip, Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, and David Bodansky: Radiation burns 22: Norbert Schrage and Parneet Gill: Ocular burns 23: Jeremy Goverman, Shawn Fagan, and Dallan Dargan: Hand burns 24: James Warbrick-Smith and Peter Drew: Perineal and genital burns Post-burn care 25: Sujatha Tadiparthi: Skin substitutes 26: Nicole Glassey, Alison Reeves, and Emily Hedges: Rehabilitation: occupation therapy and physiotherapy 27: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Ali Arham, David N. Herndon, and Celeste C. Finnerty: Outcome measures for burns 28: Esther Middelkoop and Ruthann Fanstone: Scar management 29: James Warbrick-Smith and Tom S Potokar: Principles of burn reconstruction 30: Stuart B. Watson: Burn contracture surgery Outpatient and remote burn care 31: Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, Christina Yip, and Baljit Dheansa: Outpatient management of minor burns 32: Sophie Pope-Jones and William Dickson: Remote assessment of burns 33: Ammar Allouni and Naiem Moiemen: Cost of burn care Burns in children 34: Jong Lee: Paediatric burns 35: Adeyinka Molajo and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Non-accidental injury (NAI) in children Specialised burns care 36: Peter Brooks: Burns itch 37: Christopher F. Munson, Nigel Tapiwa Mabvuure, and Baljit Dheansa: Nutritional requirements in the burn patient 38: Karen J Lindsay: Tetanus 39: Sandip Hindocha and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Desquamating skin disorders 40: Kamal Bisarya and Tania Cubison: Military burns 41: Nick Marsden and Sarah Hemington-Gorse: Sunburn and artificial tanning 42: Sujatha Tadiparth and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Frostbite 43: Nagham Darhouse and Greg Williams: Hair replacement 44: Karen J Lindsay and Kayvan Shokrollahi: Laser management of scars 45: Indranil Sinha, Raj M. Vyas, and Bohdan Pomahac: Face transplantation Pain management 46: William L Yancey, Walter J. Meyer III, Lee C. Woodson, and Rene Przkora: Pain management 47: Greg Barton: Burn care drug formulary