Injury 2020 Sep 10;51(9):2059-2065. Epub 2020 Jun 10.
University of Washington Burn Center, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
Background: Escharotomy is the primary effective intervention to relieve constriction and impending vascular compromise in deep, circumferential or near-circumferential burns of the extremities and trunk. Training on escharotomy indications, technique and pitfalls is essential, as escharotomy is both an infrequent and high-risk procedure in civilian and military medical environments, including low-resource settings. Therefore, we aimed to validate an educational strategy that combines video-based instruction with a low-cost, low-fidelity simulation model for teaching burn escharotomy. Read More