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Association des Brûlés de France
Siège social: 46 quai de la Loire – 75019 PARIS
E-mail: abdidf@aol.com Internet: http://www.assocbrules-France.org
Tél: 01 42 02 25 01 – Fax: 01 42 40 37 20
Presentation of ABF on the occasion of the second
EBCA meeting in Brussels
Friday 26 November 2010
Presentation of ABF
Legal structure created in 1983
Activities are essentially based on:Listeni
ngSupportingInformingBurned people and their
familiesMore than 6000 members Donaters
Organization in the headquarters● 5 employees
● welcoming and secretary services:9h-13h from Monday to Friday● Legal support service
● Psychological support service
● Service « maquillage »
● Prevention service
● bookkeeper
● Service « Shiatsu »
Interventions of ABF
● For the acceptance of the burn pathology● Improving the reimbursement situation of burn victims:☛ on the medical field
At the level of public services, governments and official organizations
☛ on the social field
☛ on the economical field☛ on the legal field
ABF is founding member of EBCA
Actions of the ABF
● Permanence in rehabilitation centers
● Permanences in burn centers
● Training in schools for nurses (IFSIS)
● Participation and intervention in medical congresses● Organizing social events like cultural and sporty events
● Permanences in thermal cure centers
Legal support for burned people
Free legal support in the ABF headquarter
On the medical-legal field, the lawyers of AFB together with
medical and burn experts have allowed ABF to:Increase the level of « indemnisation »
Obtain a new statute for burn patients
To obtain the official acceptance of the scars as a parameter of invalidation
Psychological support service
ABF supports the patient during care and after care period
ABF brings in social support
Free and personal psychological support by means of professional
psychologists of the ABF is offered to burn patients and their families
« MAQUILLAGE » service
Free maquillage service can be used by the burn patients
« maquillage » allows the burn patients to re-establish
their own identity
Prevention service
Important aspect in the field of burns and its treatment, is the
prevention.In that aspect:
ABF is a member of the « Commission Nationale de
Prévention Incendie »ABF works in cooperation
with the European directorates and structures
Communication
ABF has its own magazine: le journal des brûlés (JDB)
ABF has regular contacts with media (press, TV, radio, …) and helps them on a regular
basis on burn topics.
ABF intervenes on burn topic conferences all over the French territory
ABF participates in European conferences on burns
Regional support points of ABF
Delegations of ABF
Secretary services at the headquarter of ABF
More than 3000 interventions following
phone requests for help.
More than 2000 replies through the channels of the ABF.
Some data on burnsBurns represent in France every year:
● 300 000 victims, all burn degrees (70% of all burns are domestic burns)
● 10 000 intakes in hospitals of which:
☛ 3500 persons treated in specialised burn centers (CTB)☛ 4000 persons excluded from CTB due to bad selection of hospital care
☛ 1000 persons pass away following their burns
Special burn after care centers
● 22 burn centers (CTB)
● 19 centers of functional re-education● 220 specialized beds only available in CTB
In France: