November

Major burn trauma (MBT) represents a relatively small subset of major trauma, yet the impact on patients and health care systems is enormous, in part due to the complex physiology of burns and the need for multidisciplinary medical and surgical management. 

Case data
A woman in her mid-forties, who gave informed consent for the publication of this case report, initially presented to psychiatric services with psychosis and labile affect. She was diagnosed as suffering from methamphetamine-induced psychosis, possibly with underlying bipolar disorder. 

The objective of WorkSafeBC’s vocational rehabilitation programs and services is timely and safe return to work following a workplace injury or the onset of an occupational disease. A successful return to work benefits not only in­jured workers and their families, but employers, co-workers, and communities. And a successful return to work requires the collaborative efforts of all involved.

Dr Allen worked as a cardiac surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital and retired as emeritus clinical professor of surgery at the UBC School of Medicine. He now lives in Oakville, Ontario.

What profession might you have pursued, if not for medicine?
Geologist and mining engineer.