In today’s interview episode, Corrine chats to Registered Dietitian Tig Bridge all about a really interesting area of dietetics, burns care. Tig's extensive experience including working with burns survivors in the NHS and at The Katie Piper Foundation rehabilitation service, coupled with her roles lecturing on this subject, make her a perfect guest to explore the role that dietitians play in this area.Tig is a busy mum of 2 children and one springer spaniel (Welly). She is also an experienced clinical dietitian, having worked in the NHS since 2011 and in the field of Burns and complex wounds since 2013. Currently, she is seconded to a strategic role, as an Essential Nutrition Matron, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and juggles mum-life alongside her part-time NHS role.In addition to her NHS work, Tig has lectured at a number of British Universities, consults for The Katie Piper Foundation Rehabilitation service and written for publication in Complete Nutrition. Tig has contributed to national and international burn guideline development and often links with American and European dietetic burn colleagues to enhance collaborative learning. She aspires to help the UK burns community to develop a national burn nutritional management guideline, boost burn nutrition research and service improvement for this specialist field.Show NotesLinkedIn: Tig HowellResourcesESPEN endorsed recommendations: nutritional therapy in major burns. Rousseau et al. 2013 (2023 update coming soon)British Burn AssociationEuropean Burn AssociationAmerican Burn AssociationCharitiesKatie Piper FoundationDan’s Fund for BurnsChanging Faces UK
