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O presente trabalho visa relatar as experiências associadas à Liga de Meditação e Saúde (LIMEDS), na Faculdade de Medicina da USP, desde sua fundação, em março de 2018, até o presente momento. Como Liga Acadêmica, o projeto exerce papel fundamental nas esferas de ensino, pesquisa e extensão, avançando no sentido de contribuir para a formação profissional no campo da saúde e, por meio de suas atividades teórico-práticas e assistenciais, atuar na prevenção e terapêutica de pacientes e profissionais de saúde. Em resposta à expansão das práticas meditativas no Brasil e no mundo, incluindo sua valorização em meios científicos, a LIMEDS assume o compromisso no combate e prevenção aos distúrbios psicossomáticos, no desenvolvimento da paz, compaixão e empatia, bem como na reorientação de práticas profissionais que beneficiem a saúde pública. Depoimentos de alunos revelam grande satisfação com as experiências e mudanças positivas em sua saúde física e mental.

Burns are preventable injuries that still represent a relevant public health issue. The identification of risk factors might contribute to the development of specific preventive strategies. Data of patients admitted at the Hospital due to acute burn injuries from May 2017 to December 2019, was extracted manually from medical records. The population was analyzed descriptively, and differences between groups were tested using the appropriate statistical test. The study population consisted of 370 patients with burns admitted to the Hospital burn unit during the study period. The majority of the patients were males (257/370, 70%), median age was 33 (IQR:18-43), median TBSA% was 13 (IQR 6.35-21.5 and range 0-87.5%), and 54% of patients had full thickness burns (n=179). Children younger than 13 years old represented 17% of the study population (n=63), 60% of them were boys (n= 38), and scalds was the predominant mechanism of burn injury (n= 45). No children died, however 10% of adults did (n= 31). Self-inflicted burns were observed in 16 adults (5%), of whom 6 (38%) died during admission, however self-inflicted burns were not observed in children. Psychiatric disorders and substance misuse were frequent in this subgroup. White adults male from urban areas who had not completed primary school degree were the major risk group for burns. Smoking and alcohol misuse were the most frequent comorbidities. Accidental domestic flame burns were the predominant injuries in the adult population and scalds in the pediatric.