Now, The Chattanooga Fire Department and Erlanger Health System are working together to put a spotlight on National Burn Awareness Week. Over the last year Erlanger has treated nearly 400 patients for ...

Our lives are dependent on electricity—24 hours a day. It's such an important part of our day to day living that it's almost impossible to fathom a world without electricity. Even while we sleep, ...

While investigating the recovery of electrical burn victims, researchers discovered a distressing truth about their data: the use of safety equipment, such as PPE and insulated tools, was alarmingly ...

Following the fatal fire that occurred on New Year’s Eve in a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, several French hospitals agreed to treat injured patients. Among them was the Burn Treatment Center at ...

The American Burn Association has established 10 criteria that warrant transferring a burn-injured patient to a specialized burn center for treatment: An understanding of emergency burn care is a must ...

This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Burn injuries can be both physically and psychologically challenging – putting burn survivors on a challenging path to recovery that ...

Also referred to as full-thickness burns, third-degree burns involve all layers of the dermis and extend into the subcutaneous tissue. Characteristics of these burns include a firm and dry and charred ...