Introduction to Burn Care
Learning Objectives
Describe key historical advances in burn care and explain how early excision and wound closure transformed patient outcomes
Identify common epidemiologic patterns of burn injury across age groups and global settings
Explain how burn care is organized at the patient level from initial resuscitation through long‑term rehabilitation
Analyze the importance of centralized burn systems and trained multidisciplinary teams in improving survival and functional outcomes
Evaluate how principles of organized burn care apply to disaster response, trauma, and mass‑casualty situations
Author(s)
Robert Sheridan, MD
Burn Service Medical Director | Shriners Hospital for Children
Interim Chief of Staff | Shriners Hospital for Children
Attending surgeon | Mass General burn unit
Aleksandra E. Olszewski, MD
Physician, Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Critical Care Medicine | UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Sheridan R, Olszewski AE, Wolbrink TA. Introduction to Burn Care. 8/2013. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3012/introduction-to-burn-care.