Dr. Roberta Mann and Shari Honari, R.N. discuss some intriguing clinical research, including one study involving the use of intravenous vitamin C to decrease the tremendous amounts of fluid required by burn victims post operatively. Dr. Nicole Gibran addresses the difficulties encountered by patients during the healing process, including the vexing problems of hypertrophy, itching, and wound care in the elderly. Finally, Dr. David Patterson reports on current research to alleviate the excruciating pain felt by the burn patient during the healing process. Our Burn Center is held in high regard in the academic, clinical, and lay communities alike. Its multidisciplinary team provides excellent patient care.
Research conducted in wound healing continues to improve treatment protocols.
Perhaps most important of all, educational programs in burn prevention have markedly decreased the incidence of burn injury. This issue devoted to the Burn Center discloses some of the extraordinary achievements that result from hard work, collaborative efforts, and visionary leadership. The community at large has derived tremendous benefits from the research and clinical work of the Burn Center's faculty and staff. We are proud of our Burn Center and wish to share its story, as an inspiration, with you today. Prior to 1974 when the Burn Center was opened with 10 dedicated beds, there had been no organized system of care for adult burn patients in Seattle.