Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Clinical Challenges in Burn Surgery: Electrical Burns - Part 2 of 2

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Sinopsis

While on your burn rotation, the emergency department calls due to a patient who may have been injured at his job site, coming in contact with a high-voltage line. Join Drs. Tam Pham, Clifford Sheckter, Alex Morzycki and Jamie Oh as they discuss the work-up, management, resuscitation, and subsequent complications and reconstruction for electrical injuries.  Hosts: - Dr. Tam Pham: UW Medicine Regional Burn Center - Dr. Clifford Sheckter: Stanford Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center - Dr. Alex Morzycki: UW Medicine Regional Burn Center - Dr. Jamie Oh: UW Medicine Regional Burn Center Learning Objectives: - Review the epidemiology and common mechanisms for electrical injuries  - Understand the impact of electrical injuries on different organ systems, including skin, musculoskeletal, cardiac, neurologic, and renal systems - Be able to guide initial work-up and resuscitation of acute electrical injuries including upper extremity compartment evaluation and release - Recognize possible long-term complicati