Abstract
Background: Burns are standout among the most well-known and devastating forms of injury. Patients with serious thermal injury need immediate specialized care in order to minimize morbidity and mortality. As indicated by the World Health Organization (WHO) burn injuries in East Mediterranean Region (EMR), Saudi Arabia is included; stay one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality among all injuries. The incidence in the East Mediterranean Region (EMR) was 187 per 100,000 per year. In America, the incidence was 19 per 100,000 per year.[7]
Methodology: retrospective study, with data collected from medical records of all patients, admitted to a burn center between 18 August 2015 and 23 August 2017 in King Faisal Hospital (KFH) Taif, Saudi Arabia. Medical records were examined to determine demographics (age, gender), admission date, total body surface area (TBSA), type of burns, length of hospital stay (LOS) and mortality. by using a pre-designed questionnaire to help to gather information and will be analyzed by the statistical package for the social science (SPSS).
Objectives: to assess the most affected age group in Taif and most common type of burn injury and detriment total body surface area, affected part by burn injury, the length stays in hospital and mortality rate due to burn injury, All this to assess the epidemiology of burns in Taif for 2 year.