<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents a case of severe burn injury at work involving 80 % of body surface area and patient treatment and rehabilitation, which resulted in preserved working ability. The worker was injured by hot water and steam. After initial treatment in the intensive care unit, he underwent comprehensive clinical and outpatient rehabilitation that took 92 weeks, after which he returned to work. His working disability was 100 % after the initial treatment in the intensive care unit, but rehabilitation improved it to 50 %. It should always be kept in mind that even patients with serious or life-threatening injuries can be reintegrated into the workforce if patients, physicians, occupational physicians, and employers all work together.</p></abstract>

This article presents a case of severe burn injury at work involving 80 % of body surface area and patient treatment and rehabilitation, which resulted in preserved working ability. The worker was injured by hot water and steam. After initial treatment in the intensive care unit, he underwent comprehensive clinical and outpatient rehabilitation that took 92 weeks, after which he returned to work. His working disability was 100 % after the initial treatment in the intensive care unit, but rehabilitation improved it to 50 %. It should always be kept in mind that even patients with serious or life-threatening injuries can be reintegrated into the workforce if patients, physicians, occupational physicians, and employers all work together.

Recovery from an Eighty-Percent Total Body Surface Area Burn Injury Sustained at Work

Occupational Health Physician, Vienna, Austria

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

This article presents a case of severe burn injury at work involving 80 % of body surface area and patient treatment and rehabilitation, which resulted in...

Recovery from an Eighty-Percent Total Body Surface Area Burn Injury Sustained at Work

Published Online: Jun 21, 2012

Page range: 223 - 226

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2169

Keywords
specijalist medicine rada, rehabilitacija, radna sposobnost

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Recovery from an Eighty-Percent Total Body Surface Area Burn Injury Sustained at Work

Published Online: Jun 21, 2012

Page range: 223 - 226

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2169

Keywordsspecijalist medicine rada, rehabilitacija, radna sposobnost

This content is open access.

Keywords
specijalist medicine rada, rehabilitacija, radna sposobnost