Speech and language therapists and pathologists: they help the patient with swallowing issues, they can help with vocal cord issues, and communication needs (if the patient can’t speak) and they can help teach the patient with a tracheotomy how to speak. Respiratory therapist: they manage and administer oxygen, breathing treatments…
Taking care of a burned patient in a hospital requires a team effort. This team is called the burn team which is a group of people with different specialties who work together to help the patient and his/her family. The members of the burn team with some variation from one…
Hartford Hospital PO Box 5037 Hartford, CT 06102-5037 United States 860-545-5555 Bridgeport Hospital Burn Center 267 Grant St. Bridgeport, CT 06610-2870 United States 203 384-3728
St. Barnabas Medical Center — Burn Center 101 Old Short Hills Rd. Livingston, NJ 07039 United States 973 533-5920 Hackensack University Medical Center 30 Prospect Ave. Hackensack, NJ 07601-1991 United States 201-996-2000
Western Pennsylvania Hospital — Burn Trauma Center 4800 Friendship Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224-1722 United States 412-578-5274 Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh 1400 Locust St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 United States 412-232-8111 St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children — Pediatric Burn Center Erie Ave. at Front St. Philadelphia, PA 19134 United States 215-427-5000 Crozer-Chester…
New York Hospital Burn Center 525 E. 68th St. New York, NY 10021-4873 United States 212-746-5317 University Hospital Burn Center State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-0001 United States 516-444-2270 SUNY Health Science Center — Burn Unit 750 E. Adams St. Syracuse, NY 13210-2306 United…
The skin plays an important role in body temperature regulation, see regulation of body temperature. In deep second degree and in third degree burns, the sweat glands will be destroyed and will not be replaced by new ones as the skin heals. These patients will often have difficulty in humid…
Treatment of skin scars: Steroid injection: this is done by injecting steroid into the scar itself. This may help flatten and soften the appearance of a keloid or hypertrophic scar. Cryotherapy: it involves freezing the scar with a medication. Compression garments: this type of treatment is often used when the…
Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin or other tissues after an injury. Scar formation is a natural part of the healing process. Scars can happen as a result of an infection, surgery, injuries such as burns or inflammation of tissue. They may cause functional and psychological…
Skin plays an important role in protecting the body against infection; see skin and infection. When there is a burn the risk of infection increases depending on the degree of the burn, location of the burn and the general condition of the patient. Risk factors for developing an infection in…