Burns

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/burns.html

Overviews
• Burns (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00022
• Burns (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/burnsloader.html
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/burnsspanishloader.html

Treatment
• Burns: Taking Care of Burns (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/638.xml
• First Aid For Electrical Accidents (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000801-d000900/d000813/d000813.html
• Helping Wounds Heal (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/302_heal.html
• Understanding Facial Scar Treatment: Surgery of Facial Scars (American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) - http://www.facial-plastic-surgery.org/patient/procedures/facial_scar.html

Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Burns (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002056&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions
• Chemical Burns (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00024
• Electrical Burns (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00027
• Hot Water Burns (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000702/d000702.html

Prevention/Screening
• Burn Prevention Tips (Shriners Hospitals for Children) - http://www.shrinershq.org/prevention/burntips/index.html
• Burns: Preventing Burns in Your Home (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/649.xml
  Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e649.xml
• Preventing Gasoline Burn Injuries (American Burn Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/Public%20Education%20Materials.pdf

Related Issues
• Household Batteries Can Cause Chemical Burns (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5088.pdf
• Risk of Burns From Eruptions of Hot Water Overheated in Microwave Ovens (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/erupted.html

Research
• Boston Shriners Researchers Complete Burn Survivor Study (Shriners Hospitals for Children) - http://www.shrinershq.org/whatsnewarch/archives00/jama1-00.html

Directories
• Trauma, Burn, and Injury: Resources (National Institute of General Medical Sciences) - Links to burn and trauma organizations. - http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/facts/traumaburnresources.html

Organizations
• Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors - http://www.phoenix-society.org/

Law and Policy
• New Labels on Children's Sleepwear Alert Parents to Fire Dangers (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00129.html

Statistics
• Fireworks-Related Injuries (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/fworks.htm
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/prevencion/fuegosartificiales.htm
• Trauma, Burn, Shock, and Injury: Facts and Figures (National Institute of General Medical Sciences) - http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/facts/traumaburnfactsfigures.html

Children
• Burn Injury (National Safe Kids Campaign) - http://www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=1011&folder;_id=540
• Burn Prevention (American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZB3K8T25D⊂_cat=104
• Prevent Burn Injuries: Don't Let Children Put Caps for Toy Guns in Their Pockets (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5009.html
• Prevent Burns on Hot Metal Playground Equipment (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5036.pdf

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Fire Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firesafety.html
• Injuries and Wounds - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuriesandwounds.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Burns is the National Institute of General Medical Sciences - http://www.nih.gov/nigms/

Page last updated: 08 September 2004
Topic last reviewed: 14 July 2004