This chapter is written for health care professionals who engage in the difficult, but
rewarding endeavor of helping children and their families recover from massive burns. First …

Burns constitute a major cause of childhood death and disability. Prevention of these injuries
remains the most effective method of dealing with them and is the responsibility of all …

Children have a great deal to gain from recent and future advances in burn care. A very
broad range of realized and potential developments are involved. These will be very briefly …

Dealing with a burn injury is always challenging. When the person with the burn injury is a
child, helping the child navigate the path toward adulthood is an even greater challenge …

Burns, the most devastating injuries known, are the second leading cause of nonvehicular
accidental deaths. Approximately one-third of these deaths occur in children less than 16 …

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More than 1,000 children under the age of 15 die in housefires each year, and about two-
thirds of them are under the age of 4.* Ad-ditionally, 20,000 children require hospitalization …

Burns are a common injury in children, primarily occurring during the first 5 years of life.
Advances in burn care such as fluid resuscitation, prompt wound excision and coverage …

Two million people in the United States receive medical treatment each year for burn
injuries. One hundred thousand of these patients are hospitalized, and 7800 die as a direct …

Recent advances in the medical care of burns have resulted in an increased survival rate for
pediatric and adult burn victims (see Fratianne & Brandt, this volume). Although …