[Telemedicine and initial medical regulation of severe burns]

Hugues Lefort; François Ravat; Claire Chandre-Couturier; Mathieu Fontaine

doi:10.1016/j.revinf.2019.10.005

[Telemedicine and initial medical regulation of severe burns]

Rev Infirm. 2019 Dec;68(256):21-22. doi: 10.1016/j.revinf.2019.10.005.

[Article in French]

Authors

Hugues Lefort¹, François Ravat², Claire Chandre-Couturier³, Mathieu Fontaine²

Affiliations

¹ Structure des urgences, hôpital d'instruction des armées Legouest, 27, avenue de Plantieres 57077 Metz, cedex 3 France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Centre hospitalier Saint-Joseph-Saint-Luc, 20, quai Claude-Bernard69007 Lyon, France.
³ Structure des urgences, hôpital d'instruction des armées Legouest, 27, avenue de Plantieres 57077 Metz, cedex 3 France.

PMID: 31870472
DOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2019.10.005

Abstract

The evaluation of the patient and his burned body surface is one of the fundamental prerequisites for his care on site as well as for the initiation of his care journey. New tools such as the E-burn application and telemedicine improve this assessment and remote medical assistance management by reducing the risk of under-sorting or over-sorting. Telemedicine limits inappropriate secondary inter-hospital transfers and the resulting increased mortality. It is carried out according to standards that ensure safety and confidentiality for the patient and caregivers.

Keywords: assessment; brûlure grave; emergency; evaluation; journey; parcours; recommandation; recommendation; regulation; régulation; severe burn; telemedicine; télémédecine; urgence; évaluation.

MeSH terms

Burns* / therapy
Humans
Telemedicine*