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Part II: Wound healing: why wounds fail to heal, factors affecting wound healing, chronic wounds, non healing wounds.
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/04/part-ii-wound-healing-why-wounds-fail.html

Chemical Burn From Tea Tree Oil- Management.
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/04/chemical-burn-from-tea-tree-oil.html

Betadine ointment, povidone-iodine, Can betadine cause a burn?
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/03/betadine-ointment-povidone-iodine-does.html

Research grants fellowships and scholarships for researchers, burn survivors and medical specialities
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/02/research-grants-fellowships-and.html

plastic surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/02/plastic-surgeon.html

management of 2 nd degree burns (deep) - ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/02/management-of-2nd-degree-burns-deep.html
2nd degree burns (superficial) management - ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/01/management-of-2nd-degree-superficial.html


first aid - ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2010/01/first-aid-in-burns-flame-burns-scald.html

friction burns - ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009_12_20_archive.html

burn prevention-1 - ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009/12/burn-prevention-1.html

need for new technology (sixth sense technology) in burn management- ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009_12_13_archive.html

cooking gas fires and burn awareness- ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009_12_06_archive.html


how to estimate percentage of burns- ask the burn surgeon
 http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009_11_22_archive.html


introduction and site disclaimer- ask the burn surgeon
 http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-united-states-of-america-75000-burn.html


what is the degree of burn, avoid burns in kitchen, apply ice on burns??,-ask the burn surgeon
 http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009_11_15_archive.html


gravity magnets and the energy problem - the magral cell-ask the burn surgeon
http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/2009/12/gravity-magnets-and-energy-problem.html

How to prevent scalds (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/PowerPoint/ScaldInjury_files/frame.htm.

How to prevent electrical burns (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/PowerPoint/Electrical%20Safety_files/frame.htm

How to avoid burns in summer (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/PowerPoint/SummerSafety_files/frame.htm

How to be Safe from burns (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/PowerPoint/BurnSafetyOlderAdults_files/frame.htm

How to be safe from gasoline burns (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/PowerPoint/GasolineSafety_files/frame.htm

how to prevent paraffin appliance or stove accidents?(PASASA)
http://www.pasasa.org/faq/?page=2


how to escape when a fire occurs at home?(burn institute)
http://www.burninstitute.org/fbp/factsheets/plan.html


How to leave home safely (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/Preven/PowerPoint/LeavingHomeSafely_files/frame.htm

wildfire guide (burn instutute)
http://www.burninstitute.org/pdfs/BI-Wildfire-Guide09.pdf

Fire Protection Resources on the Internet (arch hku)
http://www.arch.hku.hk/~kpcheung/fire.htm


wildfire general tips (burn instutute)
http://burninstitute.org/fbp/programs/wildfire.html


WHO plan for burn prevention and care
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241596299_eng.pdf


paraffin burn prevention (APBA)
http://www.apburn.org/prevention.asp?lang=ENG
Tutorial on burn care (nih)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/burns/htm/index.htm


Fire Safety Publications (gov)
http://cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/fire_sfy.html

Surgical Management of the Burn Wound and Use of Skin Substitutes (ABA)
http://www.ameriburn.org/WhitePaperFinal.pdf


American burn association
 http://www.ameriburn.org/

Journals: Burns
 http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30394/description#description

Journal of Burn Care & Research
 http://journals.lww.com/burncareresearch/pages/default.aspx
paraffin safety association of south africa
 http://www.pasasa.org/

Asia Pacific Burns Association
 http://apburn.org/

children of fire
 http://www.firechildren.org/index.asp

Australia/New Zealand Burn Association (ANZBA)
 http://www.anzba.org.au/


Burn Prevention Foundation
 http://www.burnprevention.org/


Belgian Burns Association
 http://www.brandwonden.be/

Brazilian Burn Society
 http://www.sbqueimaduras.com.br/sbq/

British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund
 http://www.burnfund.org/

British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS)
 http://www.baps.co.uk/
british medical journal
 http://bmj.com/

British Burn Association
 http://www.britishburnassociation.co.uk/

Burn Foundation Australia
 http://www.burnfoundation.org.au/

Burn Foundation Southern Africa
 http://www.burnfoundation.org.za/

Burn Foundation UK
http://www.wbfuk.org/

Burn Survivors Online
http://www.burnsurvivorsonline.com/


Burn Institute
http://www.burninstitute.org/


Burns fellowships in the United States
http://www.ameriburn.org/Fellowshipsfinal.pdf


Caribbean Burn Association
http://www.abcburncaribbean.net/


Danish Burns Association
http://www.brandsaar.com/



Childhood Burn Foundation R.O.C
http://www.cbf.org.tw/


Dutch Burns Foundation
http://www.brandwonden.nl/


European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS)
http://www.etrs.org/


French Society for Study and Treatment of Burns
 http://www.sfetb.org/



Hong Kong Burns Association
http://www.hkburns.org/


Georgia Fire Fighters Burn Foundation
 http://www.gfbf.org/




International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI)
http://www.worldburn.org/



International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI)
http://www.worldburn.org/introduction.asp


Japan Burn Society
http://www.jsbi-burn.or/

Korean Burn Society
http://www.burn.or.kr/

List of Canadian burn centers
http://www.ameriburn.org/CanadaFinalPub.pdf



list of excellent burn centers
 http://www.ameriburn.org/verification_verifiedcenters.php



List of US burn centers
http://www.ameriburn.org/BCRD8-20-09.pdf

MIDDLE EAST BURN AND FIRE DISASTER SOCIETY
http://www.mebfds.org/


Nederlandse Vereniging voor Brandwondenzorg (Dutch Burn Care Society)
http://www.nvbz.nl/



PAN AFRICAN BURN SOCIETY
http://www.pabs.co.za/

North American burn society
http://nabsociety.org/site/

Phoenix Society
http://www.phoenix-society.org/

Sociéte Franç¡ose des Etudes et Traitements des Brûle (SFETB)
http://www.sfetb.org/

Spanish Society of Burn and Plastic Surgery for Nurses
http://www.seeqp.org/

Tissue Viability Nurses Association
http://www.tvna.org/

The Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters (MBC)
http://www.medbc.com/

World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/

Meetings and conferences :ABA 42nd Annual Meeting
http://www.ameriburn.org/42ndAnnualMeeting.php?PHPSESSID=7e750f754d3a224f4b337f4951468427

World burn congress meeting
http://www.med.unc.edu/burn/events/world-burn-congress

12th Nordic Burn Meeting - NBM 2010
http://www.nbm2010.com/

43rd British Burn Association Annual Meeting 21 April 2010 - Friday, 23 April 2010
http://www.regonline.co.uk/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=769238

15th Congress of the ISBI in Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.valor.com.tr/isbi2010/index.htm

Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA), 5 – 8 October 2010.
http://www.cdesign.com.au/anzba2010/

23nd Annual Southern Region Burn Conference, November 12-14, 2010,Memphis.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86660892598

north American burn society meeting January 16-21, 2010 Teton Village, Wyoming
http://nabsociety.org/site/?page_id=7

Canadian Burn Survivors Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba from June 9 to 12, 2010
 http://www.skinpatientalliance.ca/en/forum/skin-conditions-diseases/burns/canadian-burn-survivors-conference

Books for burn professionals


The Art and Science of Burn Care by John A. Boswick

Total Burn Care David N. Herndon MD FACS

Achauer and Sood's Burn Surgery, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation by Rajiv Sood MD

Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Psychophysiologic Approach, by Joan Luckman and Karen Creason

Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition

The Nursing Clinics of North America: Burn Management and Ambulatory Surgery (Volume 32, Number 2, June 1997) by Elisabeth Greenfield, Donna M. DeFazio-Quinn, Scott T. Davis, and Susan M. Ellis

Other health resources and links

Mesothelioma Resource Online