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Dr Mark Porter gives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tackles a particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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"I spend half my week practising medicine and the other half writing and talking about it as a GP in Gloucestershire. Working on Case Notes has been a boon for both me and my patients. One of the principal aims of the programme is to keep our listeners up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare, and to accomplish that I get to interview a wide range of specialists at the cutting edge of medicine. A rare privilege that ensures our listeners aren't the only ones to learn something new."
Mark Porter
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Childhood Burns
In this episode of Case Notes, Dr Mark Porter visits the Paediatric Burns Centre at the Birmingham Children's Hospital for a special programme on childhood burns.
Last year nearly 40,000 children were seen in Accident and Emergency departments with burns, with the under fives’s accounting for nearly half of the more severe cases.Ìý
Mark meets the multidisciplinary team at the burns centreÌýand finds out what happens when the skin is burned, how a burn is classified, and what can be done to reduce long-term scarring.
Remo Pappini, Consultant Plastic and Burns Surgeon at the hospital, describes the particular issues the medical staffÌýare faced with when dealing with burns in children.Ìý
Mark also talks to Ben, a young patient at the Centre, and his dad, about his recovery from the serious burnsÌýhe received to his legsÌýafter aÌýbonfire exploded next to him.
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We hear first aid advice on the best way to treat burns in the first instance.
And Professor Gus McGrouther also tells Mark about new research into the body's response to a burn, and how stem cells could be the key to reducing scarring for burns victims.
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Next week: Meningitis |
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