[Management of patients with facial burns]

Raphaël Hammer; Brandi Molembi; Marie Morgenegg; Louise Mottet

doi:10.1016/j.soin.2021.08.017

[Management of patients with facial burns]

Soins. 2021 Oct;66(859):52-54. doi: 10.1016/j.soin.2021.08.017. Epub 2021 Aug 24.

[Article in French]

Authors

Raphaël Hammer¹, Brandi Molembi², Marie Morgenegg², Louise Mottet²

Affiliations

¹ Haute École de santé Vaud, avenue de Beaumont 21, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse; Haute École spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, rue de la Jeunesse 1, 2800 Delémont, Suisse. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse.

PMID: 34654517
DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2021.08.017

Abstract

People with severe facial burns face a long process of readjustment to social life. Altered body image challenges their identity and daily interactions. The mirror test, in which nurses help patients to look at their wounds, is a key step in the care given by carers, but also in the transition from the hospital world to the social world.

Keywords: adaptation; brûlure; burn; face; identity; identité; miroir; mirror; visage.

MeSH terms

Burns* / therapy
Face
Facial Injuries* / epidemiology
Facial Injuries* / therapy
Humans