Pediatric Burn Management

Thursday, September 21, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT

Location: 264

CE: 1

Co-Speaker(s)

TONI GROSS, MD, MPH, FAAP, FAEMS (she/her/hers)

Chief of Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nicole Kopari, MD, FACS (she/her/hers)

Pediatric Burn Medical Director
Children's Hospital New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana

Disclosure(s):

TONI GROSS, MD, MPH, FAAP, FAEMS: Children's Hospital New Orleans: Institution/Employer (Ongoing); HRSA: Other Financial or Material Support (Ongoing)

Nicole Kopari, MD, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose

This session will describe the epidemiology of pediatric burns, the major risk factors associated with mortality from burns, and demonstrate the skills recommended for initial burn management.

Learning Objectives:

list the most common causes of burns in pediatric patients
understand risk factors for hospitalization and death related to pediatric burn wounds
demonstrate wound care and other treatment of pediatric burns