1. Dutch Burns Foundation What does the Dutch Burns Foundation do? What did I promise at EBA 2009? Why do I want to be your friend? 3 FAQs in 10 minutes

2. Prevention - - - - - - - - - Care - - - - - - After care - - - - - - - - Quality of life - - - Dutch Burns Foundation Rob Baardse Focus: - Prevention of burns, burn care, quality of life, - National fire prevention projects Dutch Burns Foundation Incident

3. Dutch Burns Foundation Netherlands - 16.381.696 people - 41.528 km²

4. Dutch Burns Foundation Netherlands - 16.381.696 people - 41.528 km² Each year,11,000 people are treated for burn injuries in Emergency Departments 9,600 accidents are home related 7,020 of the treated victims have more severe burns (2nd degree or deeper)

5. Dutch Burns Foundation Netherlands - 16.381.696 people - 41.528 km² Hospital admissions (p. year) 2003: 1.924 2004: 1.945 2005: 2.079 2006: 1.860 2007:1.632 2008: 1.689 2009: 1.798 2010: 1.000 – 1.200 New hospitalizations

6. Dutch Burns Foundation The Dutch Burns Foundation aims to prevent burns and minimize the consequences of burn accidents Mission statement

7. Dutch Burns Foundation To improve the prevention of burns To improve the treatment, nursing and aftercare of people with burns To improve the quality of life for people with burns Objectives:...

8. Prevention - - - - - - - - - Care - - - - - - After care - - - - - - - - Quality of life - - - Dutch Burns Foundation - Burns victim organizations - Burn centers (3) - Firefighters - Consumer safety organizations - Government - Universities etc… Working together with partners Incident

9. Dutch Burns Foundation To improve the prevention of burns Example oktober 2010 - 8.000 safety checks - 250.000 street tests - 34.000 posters - 415.000 flyers = 17.000 smoke detcs. Research + ideas + firefighters + network + news = BIG campaigning / basis for political lobby

10. Dutch Burns Foundation To improve the prevention of burns Research leads to best practices

11. 1-4 5-910-14 0 15-19 etc 2003 2009 Number of hospital admissions 2003 - 2009 Age

12. Dutch Burns Foundation Causes of burns treated at the Emergency Department: Hot fluid 56% Hot object15% Fire, flame13% Explosion4% Chemical3% Other8% Causes of burns treated at hospital: Fire, flame 54% Hot object / hot fluid 32% Other24% To improve the prevention of burns

13. Dutch Burns Foundation To improve the treatment, nursing and aftercare of people with burns Age groupCauseIncidence 0-4 yearsHot fluid130 per 100,000 Hot object39 per 100,000 5-19 yearsHot fluid28 per 100,000 Fire, flame9.7 per 100,000 Explosion6.5 per 100,000 20-34 yearsHot fluid48 per 100,000

14. Dutch Burns Foundation The best possible care - Burns hotline 0900 0440044 - Disaster management (political lobby) - Training for doctors and nurses (EMSB) - Training for specialized burns nurses (OBV) - Patient information systems - Research - Wound healing - Patho physiology - Psycho social - Epidemiology

15. To improve the quality of life for people with burns - Contact activities - Scarwars 18+ - Scartrek - Scartrail 25+ - Back to school interventions - Social scill training ‘living with scars’ - National burns survivor days etc.

16. Dutch Burns Foundation What does the Dutch Burns Foundation do? What did I promise at EBA 2009? Why do I want to be your friend?

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23. Dutch Burns Foundation What does the Dutch Burns Foundation do? What did I promise at EBA 2009? Why do I want to be your friend?

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