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🌱 Answer: If your burn team is seeing and caring for these patients then, yes, they should be included in your registry as a non-burn case. You should consult with your burn surgeon to determine which type of non-burn injury this should be called if you are not sure.
🤔 Question: A patient was burned with an ankle fracture. He was admitted to the burn unit and then to rehab without leaving facility. The patient came back for a planned surgery for ortho only and then was discharged home within a couple of hours after admit orders written. Do I choose readmission, if so, what is the best choice for admission source/mode of transport? Is this something I even add to the registry since only ortho did the surgery and it’s not the acute phase?
🌱 Answer: If this is strictly an orthopedic surgery admission that has nothing to do with the burn or the burn team, then no, you do not need to enter this as a related admission for the burn case. If it was related to the burn admission, you would enter for Admission Source: “Admissions from burn center outpatient office/clinic” and Transport mode would be “Private/public vehicle/walk-In”.
🤔 Question: Can a “not known” button be added to the demographic page as a whole or do we leave blank if not known (in the case of a John Doe)
🌱 Answer: There are certain data points that do have a Not Know/Not Recorded option. For those that don't, leave them blank.