Burn prevention in the face of global wealth inequality. Issue 1 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hundeshagen, Gabriel; Wurzer, Paul; Forbes, Abigail; Cambiaso-Daniel, Janos; Nunez-Lopez, Omar; Branski, Ludwik; Herndon, David
• Is Part Of: Safety in health. Volume 2:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 5
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Burns -- Awareness -- Prevention -- Scald -- Flame -- Electrical; Hospitals -- Medical staff -- Safety measures -- Periodicals; Hospital patients -- Safety measures -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Health aspects -- Periodicals; Medical errors -- Prevention -- Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1186/s40886-016-0016-7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-5917

Abstract

Abstract Background Burn injuries remain a consistent challenge for providers of medical care worldwide and thus the current focus of medical professionals is on improving treatments and reducing the incidence of burns altogether. We conducted a literature search to summarize worldwide promoted burn prevention strategies. Methods A review of the Medline database was conducted using PubMed interface. Abstract screening and full-text analysis of eligible article was performed. Burn prevention strategies were summarized and sorted by origin. Results Between 2005 and now, 34 articles regarding burn prevention have been published. Seventy four percent of the articles were published in high income countries, followed by middle income countries with 18 % and low income countries with 9 % of all the manuscripts. The United States published the most articles (n = 17), followed by the United Kingdom (n = 5), and Iran (n = 3). Conclusions Although many hardships and barriers need to be overcome, it is more than worthwhile that high income countries should invest a great amount of effort to help low and middle income countries to create strategies to prevent burn injuries, as those burns, which do not occur will always have the best outcome.