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Innovative Burn Care All About Changing Lives

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/01/Innovative-Burn-Care

Shriners Children’s leads the way in burn care through the expertise of its medical team and innovation over the past 60 years.

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School & Community Re-entry Program

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/Pediatric-Care/School-and-Community-Re-entry-Program

Shriners Children’s offers educational services and re-entry programs to children who are receiving inpatient care for prolonged periods of time.

patient in wheelchair sitting at school desk

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MUSC and Shriners Children's Announce New Affiliation to Support State’s Only Comprehensive Pediatric Burn Center

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/11/MUSC-and-Shriners-Childrens-Affiliation

The Medical University of South Carolina and Shriners Shriners Children’s have announced an affiliation to elevate pediatric burn care and research at the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.

Members of Shriners International and leadership from MUSC standing in front of co-branded burn center sign

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From Burn Survivor to Burn Surgeon: Jason Heard, M.D., Encourages Burn Safety

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/01/Shriners-Childrens-Physician-Urges-Safety-During-National-Burn-Awareness-Week

Jason Heard, M.D., was nearly killed after playing with flammable liquids in the backyard with his childhood friends.

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Physical Therapist Ingrid Parry Named First Non-Surgeon/Non-Physician President of the American Burn Association

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/04/Ingrid-Parry-Named-President-of-American-Burn-Association

Ingrid Parry, a physical therapist and researcher at Shriners Children’s Northern California, has been named president of the American Burn Association (ABA) for the 2022-2023 year.

Ingrid Parry with former Shriners Children's patient, Erika, on stage at the 2022 American Burn Association Conference

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Shriners Children’s Boston Researchers at Forefront of Discovery for Burn Care Innovations

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/12/Raman-Resonance-Spectroscopy

Shriners Children's Boston researchers have discovered a new use for a technology to provide information about a burn wound.

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Shriners Children’s Texas Hosts a Course on Enhancing Pediatric Burn Patient Outcomes: Preparing for Stabilization and Transport

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/11/Enhancing-Pediatric-Burn-Patient-Outcomes

Shriners Children's Texas and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston have developed a specialized training course to provide optimal care when faced with pediatric burn injuries.

first responders, ER workers and emergency transporters in a group photo at the burn transport course at Shriners Children's Texas.

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Shriners Children's Boston Raises Alarm About New TikTok Trend Causing Serious Scald Burns

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/08/TikTok-Trend-Causing-Serious-Scald-Burns

The trend involves microwaving sugar to the melting point and clinicians are seeing a correlated increase in children coming in with severe burn injuries as a result of spilling hot sugar.

surgeon Colleen Ryan, M.D., holding an award

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Shriners Children’s Helps Families Prevent Scald Burns at Home

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/01/Prevent-Scald-Burns-at-Home

National Burn Awareness Week focuses on scald education and prevention, February 4-10.

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Two Children Burned in Ukraine Transported to Shriners Children’s Boston

https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/04/Two-Children-Burned-in-Ukraine-Transported-to-Shriners-Childrens-Boston

Two severely burned children from Ukraine have arrived in Boston for highly specialized surgeries and treatment at Shriners Children’s pediatric burn center.

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