@article{ref1,
title="Clinical management of electrical burns in the developing world: a case of electrical burn injury left untreated leading to amputation",
journal="BMJ case reports",
year="2017",
author="Choong, Marcus and Chy, Delia and Guevarra, Jerric R. and Ross, Allen",
volume="2017",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="We discuss the case of a 26-year-old male patient from Northern Samar, the Philippines who was left without essential health services after the amputation of all four limbs following a high voltage (20 000 volts) injury in Metro Manila in 2011. Local health services in the developing world are faced with enormous challenges in providing first-line care for burn patients. The cost of maintaining a burn unit, finding suitable qualified staff, and appropriate referral mechanisms are only some of the challenges faced. Once a patient is discharged from hospital they face more obstacles in obtaining artificial limbs, physiotherapy and access to mental health services. Disability pensions are non-existent thus patients place a considerable lifelong burden on their families.<br><br>2017 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1757-790X",
doi="10.1136/bcr-2016-218188",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218188"
}