Chemical Injuries and Frostbite-2012 Comprehensive Review: Chemical Injuries and Frostbite

2012 Comprehensive Review: Chemical Injuries and Frostbite

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses various topics related to burns, chemical injuries, and frostbite. They begin by talking about the importance of skin and the severity of chemical injuries depending on the type of chemical involved. They discuss treatment options for alkali injuries, acid injuries, and specific acids such as hydrofluoric acid and phosphoric acid. The speaker also mentions a website, burnsurgery.org, where one can find treatment recommendations for chemical exposures. They then move on to discussing chemoinfiltration and extravasation injuries, specifically focusing on irritants and vesicants, and various chemotherapy agents that can cause extravasation injuries. Treatment options for these injuries are mentioned, including hyaluronidase and the GALT flush-out technique. The speaker also provides information on frostbite, discussing the severity grading, treatment, and the use of triple-phase bone scanning to predict amputation levels. The video concludes with a series of exam questions related to the discussed topics. No credits were mentioned in the video.

Keywords

burns

chemical injuries

frostbite

skin importance

treatment recommendations