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First up, we have Justin Morgan's turn on the evidence for debridement of burn blisters.

Now, while every burn surgeon I've ever talked to recommends debridement of all but the smallest tiny little burn

blisters, the evidence is, well, you'll hear. A few months ago, there was a great episode of

EM cases about burns. And if you haven't heard it yet, just stop listening

to me and go find it. It was great. But there was one point that I took issue with, and I wanted

to discuss it here. Now, on the podcast, they recommend that we should debrid listers. Now, this has always

been a controversial topic, and you'll find different opinions from different experts. I just wanted

to present a different opinion from that of our guest experts.

And the point isn't to confuse you with different options.

Honestly, there isn't great evidence here.

But the best thing about evidence-based medicine is that once you've heard the data,

once you know the trials, you don't have to rely on the experts.

You don't have to take my word for it, and you don't have to take on the experts. You don't have to take my word for it.

And you don't have to take Dr. Fish's or Dr. Ivanx's word.

You can make up your own mind for yourself.

So here are the trials.

First, we have Gimble in 1957.

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