title: [Critical burn patient. Nursing care].
abstract: Burns are now a major health problem with implications both for patients who suffer them, as for nurses who care for them. Burns can affect seriously the health of patients, can alter your entire body and cause the death. For nurses represent the care of a patient with a complex situation, where valuation is not easy and you need a comprehensive care, which requires an immediate response to prevent damage aesthetic, functional and psychological, and sometimes even death. It is intended to emphasize the importance of making a comprehensive assessment, rapid and comprehensive of those who suffer this type of injury to act immediately on those complications that can cause death.
authors.affiliation: Escuela Universitaria de Enfermeria y Fisioterapia de Toledo. Rosa.Piriz@uclm.es
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Píriz-Campos
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000451:nursing*; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*