Objective Healthcare professionals represent the link between the population and the health environment. Corporate training course on prevention and health promotion are mandatory to raise their awareness. The course presented, identifies the major risks of burns present in the home environment, promoting change in their behavior and then in general population. Method As Burn Center nurses we decided to set up a course about the most frequent causes of domestic accidents that lead individuals to access our operating unit, according to the priority training objectives identified by the Regional Health System. The course has been activated since November 2017 thanks to the Continuing Education Plan staff. The course, over the years, has been enriched including the experience of pediatric nurse colleagues from the Regina Margherita Children's Hospital of Turin. Reporting the subjective perceptions of a burn patient, hospitalized at the burn center, in his own words there is a fundamental part of the course to sensitize healthcare professionals on the changing identity of burn patients. Results From 2017 we have trained 108 caregivers and 350 healthcare professionals (nurses, physical therapists, lab technicians, radiology technicians and physicians). During end-of-course interviews, it was found that participants had poor behaviors in handling flammable materials and heat sources present at home. Therefore, it appears that there is a lack of attention to the prevention of domestic accidents due to old habits. The course is still ongoing. Conclusions We can affirm that this course leads each individual to analyze his personal experience, avoiding to underestimate the risks that surround them, especially in the place they consider safest, their own home. It also stimulates each professional to take responsibility for themselves and others and to create new habits of behavior. The experience told by a witness who wear the burn marks on her skin and on her soul, emotionally involves health professionals who claim to have a greater incentive to do prevention. Let's Keep Our Skin Dear!

P.088 Home burns: prevention and treatment. Corporate Training Course. The experience of the Burn Center in Turin

Dear friends and colleagues,

We will be pleased to welcome you in Turin (Italy) for the 19th European Burns Association´s Congress in 2022. Italy is honored to hold the meeting of the European Burns Association for the second time, after Verona in 1995. Turin is easily reachable from everywhere in Europe, either travelling by car, train or choosing flight connections. During the meeting, held in the renewed industrial center of the main Italian historical automotive factory (i.e. Lingotto-FIAT), we will meet international burn specialists, focusing on standards of care, progresses in burn treatment, strategies to face disaster situations, with a special attention to education of younger colleagues. However, in your spare time, you might enjoy the sweet days of Italian late summer, simply wandering in the green parks and gardens along the two rivers which cross the city, or you might decide to discover the numerous art galleries, churches, palaces, libraries, walking across elegant squares and large boulevards, passing through centuries of art and history; finally, you may choose to immerse yourself in some of the most exciting museum experiences, such as the Cinema Museum and the Turin’s Egyptian museum.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Turin for the 19th European Association´s Congress in 2022!
Maurizio Stella, Congress President, Turin Burn Centre