Journal article
Burn Teams and Burn Centers: The Importance of a Comprehensive Team Approach to Burn Care
Abstract
Remarkable advances in burn care have been made over recent decades, and it is recognized that the organized efforts of burn teams are required to continue enhancing survival rates and quality of life for patients. Patients with major burns are unique, representing one of the most severe models of trauma, and therefore necessitate treatment in the best specialized facilities available for that endeavor. Burn centers have developed to meet these …
Authors
Al-Mousawi AM; Mecott-Rivera GA; Jeschke MG; Herndon DN
Journal
Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 547–554
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.015
ISSN
0094-1298