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Leaders in burn care
Getting the right care for burns is important. In our Burn Center, you’ll be cared for by a highly skilled team of doctors, nurses and therapists who treat all kinds of burns and wounds, including thermal burns, electrical and chemical burns, frostbite, necrotizing soft tissue infections, exfoliative skin disorders and chronic wounds. They’ll take care of you and your family all the way from injury through rehabilitation in our state-of-the-art burn center.
We became one of the country’s first burn centers in 1963, back when specialized care for burns was a brand new idea. In 1995, our burn center was the first in Minnesota to be verified by the American College of Surgeons and the American Burn Association.
Our doctors have invented treatments and technologies that are used all over the world, like clear plastic masks for facial burns, and a treatment for frostbite that saves fingers and toes. In short, you couldn’t be in better hands.
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Your care
As you heal from your burns, we’ll be with you every step of the way. Many of our burn center staff have more than 20 years of experience helping patients and their families recover from burns physically and emotionally.
Our Burn Center is designed to make you more comfortable with temperature-controlled, private critical care rooms, specially designed bathtubs and our own rehabilitation department. You’ll also have counselors and support services to help you in the hospital and when you go home. In our Burn Center you’ll feel like part of our family because we travel the road to recovery with you.
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Your team
At Regions Hospital Burn Center you’ll receive the most advanced burn care available. Many of our staff members have more than 20 years of experience and are national leaders in burn treatment, research and rehabilitation. We also have specialists in plastic surgery and reconstruction to help burn patients. Your team may include many of these specialists:
Burn surgeon – leads and coordinates all care for the burn patient.
Surgical resident – assists the burn surgeon. These physicians have completed medical school and are receiving more training in burn surgery.
Nurses – helps with daily care and are specially trained to care for burn injuries.
Burn rehabilitation therapist – exercises and rehabilitates the burned area(s) of your body.
Physiatrist – helps rehabilitate and restore your function and range of motion to the injured parts of the body.
Social worker – helps you with discharge and becomes your link to community resources.
Psychologist – helps you and your family deal with the emotional impact of a burn injury.
Child-life specialist – helps children with the emotional trauma of burns.
Dietitian – does nutritional planning.
Chaplain – supports spiritual needs.
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Services
Accommodations for family & visitors
Having your friends and family near is good for you and helps you heal. We have comfortable waiting rooms, a children’s play area and an outdoor patio where your visitors can relax. Your family can also get information from us on places to stay, support services and burn care for when you go home. We even have two short-term sleeping rooms for families so they can stay close.
Support services for adults & children
You’ll have all the support you need. You and your family can talk to counselors who can help you deal with any emotions you may be feeling. Before you’re discharged, you’ll have a chance to ask any questions you still have and get a special plan for continuing your recovery. You can also talk to a chaplain or spiritual adviser whenever you want.
Children recovering from burns get extra-special care with play therapy and school reentry programs. Our child-life specialists are experts at helping kids get back to just being kids.
Rehabilitative & follow-up services
When you’re in the hospital, your rehabilitation starts right away so you can go home as soon as possible. Our rehab team is famous for helping burn patients heal.
To help you stay on track after you go home, we have many follow-up services, including phone calls to check your progress, wound care, help changing bandages, rehabilitation, refitting face masks, and school reentry programs for kids.
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651-254-6979
1-800-922-BURN
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