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Fighting BurnsFighting for the Prevention of Fires and Burn Injuries

Division 02 Fighting Burns

Burn Care and Recovery

What happens to skin in a burn, how first aid and clinical treatment work, and how recovery unfolds over weeks and months.

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BR-001

A kitchen sink with the tap running over a small child's hand, an adult's forearm steadying the child's wrist, a folded towel on the counter and a pot pushed to the back burner, soft daylight from a window.
Illustration BR-001

Division 02 Burn Care and Recovery

A Child's Scald: First Aid in Twenty Minutes

Cool running water for twenty minutes is the first move on a child's scald. What to skip, when to call 911, and where new parents find help.

BR-002

A close-up of a forearm with a healing partial thickness burn, pink new skin at the edges and a thin gauze dressing nearby on a kitchen table, soft window light from the left, shallow depth of field.
Illustration BR-002

Division 02 Burn Care and Recovery

How a Burn Heals Week by Week

A week by week look at how skin heals after a burn, from the weeping first days through granulation, closure and the months of remodeling.

BR-003

A kitchen sink with cool water running over a forearm, a wet sleeve pushed up above the wrist, a folded clean towel on the counter, morning light from a window.
Illustration BR-003

Division 02 Burn Care and Recovery

Scald, Contact and Flame Burns: Different First Aid

A scald keeps burning after the spill because hot liquid stays on skin. Contact and flame burns need different first aid. What to do in the first minutes.

BR-004

A hospital corridor at night, a rolling stretcher with a folded blanket passing under fluorescent ceiling lights, a nurse's station blurred in the background, shot from a low angle.
Illustration BR-004

Division 02 Burn Care and Recovery

Burn Center Referral: What Families Face

Which burns trigger a burn center referral, what the first 48 hours look like, and what a family should bring and ask during transport and the first days.

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