The University of Kansas Health System is treating a total of 9 COVID patients today, 12 Friday. Other significant numbers:
- 5 with the active virus today, 6 Friday
- 2 in ICU, 1 Friday
- 0 on a ventilator, 0 Friday
Key points from today’s guests:
Dr. Dhaval Bhavsar, co-director, Burnett Burn Center, The University of Kansas Health System
- Sparklers burn at a temperature of 2,000 degrees and produce sparks that that can catch other things on fire, so it’s a misnomer that they are “safer.”
- The Health System treated 29 patients for fireworks injuries, with 11 hospitalized, last year.
- Second-degree burns are the most painful because the nerve endings are all intact.
- The Gene and Barbara Burnett Burn Center provides comprehensive inpatient care for complex burns and wounds. It is the only adult and pediatric burn center in the region accredited by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons.
- The department does use lab-grown skin (CEA) for skin grafts.
Dr. Bryan Beaver, emergency medicine physician, The University of Kanas Health System
- Over the next several days, this is one of the busiest times of the year for the emergency department.
- Nationwide, more than 10,000 Americans ended up in an emergency department because of fireworks last year.
- Cool water on the skin for burn victims is typically better than ice.
- The worst fireworks injury he has seen was a person who checked out an unexploded firework and it blew up in front of him, severely injuring his face and torso.
- Not only do injuries happen from fireworks, but it is also a severe fire risk to property as well.
Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director, infection prevention & control, The University of Kansas Health System
- Malaria cases have been detected by the CDC in Texas and Florida.
- These were locally acquired in their respective regions and it is a concern.
- Wear bug spray when outdoors.
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