Early Chest Physiotherapy In Patients With Burns

Abstract - Burns is a very critical area of medicine citing the doctors to be on their toes. The prognosis being lowest and treatment the hardest this area has not cited much research. Largely these medico legal cases are accidental and rare around the world but Indian scenario is opposite. A rural set up here will admit a minimum of two burn cases a day with 50 chances of it being an inhalational burn. Grave is the prognosis of these patients but attempts if made properly by trained indivisuals can help save life on the edge of death. Method 52 patients were selected randomly from the casualty of PRH Loni and were alternately allocated in two groups. The group with traditional approach was named GROUP A and had 16 Patients. The group with changed approach was named GROUP B and it also had 16 Patients. OF them 2 patients from group a died due to severe deep burns in wards while one patient from group B was shifted to a other burn centre. This led to the final sample size to be 49. The group B received immediate chest physiotherapy as compared to group A which received the same treatment 3Days later. Result Team approach and early physiotherapy i.e. immediately as the patient is stabilized and shifted to the burn ward improves the chest condition prevents post burn chest complications facilitates healthy recovery and helps improve the prognosis. Conclusion chest Physiotherapy in immediate Post Burn period is Important and plays a vital role in rehabilitating the patient. It also affects the survival rate