Annelies - Blog Week 1

The first week of the internship in the burns department.

The first week of my internship is already finished. I have gained a lot of impressions and I learned a lot on the burns department, especially because of the many other cases from the Netherlands. The most common case on the burns department is of gas stove. So you can see the importance of prevention. This week i learned a lot about the diagnosis and the treatment of burns. The hospital is building a skin bank. They showed me the building and explained about it.  With this addition to the burns treatment, the healing process is improved and the scarring is reduced.

On the burns derpartment they pay much attention to the prevention of fractures. Movement restrictions and adhesion can occur in 6-8 hours. During my internship I followed a interesting college about this subject. It is a very varied combination of learning. So comes the theoretical and practical side together.

The burns has not only a influence on the body, but also on the daily life. Many patients are children or adults. They have their whole life in front of them. What will do the burns scars with the quality of life? How will react the people around them?

During my internship i will do a research about the reaction and the emotions of others about the burn scars. It is a very interesting topic for a research.

During my stay in the burns department I realised the importance of the skin. It protects you very well to the influence from the outside. If your skin is not functioning. Then there can occur a lot of damage to the inner layer structures of the body. I saw this by many cases on the burns department, some patients did not survive.

You can see that burns have a influence on the social, psychological and physical health.

Take care of yourself. Especially with fire and other health objects, because prevention is better than resolving.

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