Helpful Links

The National Library of Medicine’s home page for burn information. Good basic information, and links to other sites.

The Phoenix Society offers peer support, a school re-entry program, safe chat rooms, and a range of programs for burn survivors and their families

Information for burn survivors and their families

US Burn Support Association is another support site for burn survivors and their families.

The American Burn Association is a group of medical and fire prevention professionals that promotes research in burn care and improved burn safety.

A fact sheet on burn and trauma injuries from the National Institute of General Medicine

Shriners Hospital for Children webpage on types of burns, burn prevention, and immediate response to burns

Burn care and rehabilitation has its own language. Here is a glossary of terms

This glossary lists the medical terms that children misunderstand, like IV, which a child might hear as ivy.

OSHA, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration lists basic workplace fire safety standards:

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