Specialized rehabilitative therapy is essential in assisting patients to achieve maximal range of motion, strength, and the ability to complete functional mobility tasks such as transfers, gait, and the ability to complete ADLs (activities of daily living) following burn injury.

Early surgical excision of burn eschar with autografting is the stalwart treatment for managing deep partial and full thickness burns. This has been in practice since the 1960s with clear benefits in reducing systemic inflammatory response and expediting reconstruction.

A non-invasive evaluation of a burn patient’s underlying immune dysfunction that can predict clinical outcomes would transform burn care.

Early mobilization has become an increasingly popular topic in burn care over the last decade. The many benefits of early mobilization in critically ill patients are welldocumented in the literature and include decreased ventilator days, decreased hospital and ICU length of stay, and improved functional outcomes. However, the term early mobilization is often undefined and varies widely based on practitioner preference.

In lieu of outdated and limited patient studies on skin excisions for severe burns, a more comprehensive analysis is needed on the effects of early skin excision following burn injury. This retrospective study investigates differences in health outcomes for people who received early or delayed skin excision treatment after burn injuries.

The American Burn Association estimates over one million people with burn injuries in the US need medical care, with around 4,500 cases ending in mortality each year. Mortality is due to bacterial infection as a consequence of severe cytokine dysregulation and impaired wound healing. Previous research has shown females have worse outcomes than males following burn injury, but the reasoning is unknown.

A large academic hospital with a pediatric burn program recently expanded its services to take adults and create a comprehensive burn center. Prior to the opening of the comprehensive center, proactive training and education for all the nursing staff was designed and implemented, in amalgamation with an existing pediatric education program.

Full-thickness thermal burns may require staged procedures with temporary covering to ensure the wound bed is optimized for autografting. Fish skin grafts* can serve as a potential dermal substitute for thermal injury. These are made from freeze dried, sterilized, decellularized skin of North Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

Over 10,000 cases of autologous skin cell suspension have been performed around the world for the treatment of burn and soft tissue injuries.

The migration of paper medical records to electronic health record (EHR) has been in process for a few years now and most facilities have achieved this successfully. EHR has streamlined care and documentation. Further developments such as Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) has been noted as one of the most promising functionalities of Health Information Technology, as it allows providers to enter orders, medications, diagnostic tests, and procedures, with the intent of improving the clarity and specificity of physician orders, facilitating the rapid communication of orders to pharmacies, and providing significantly enhanced decision support capabilities compared to traditional handwritten orders.