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  • Alberta Burn Rehabilitation Society - A dynamic site that offers support to burn survivors, their families and support workers. Provides a chat room where burns and others can share information and experiences.
  • Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation - Recognizing that prevention education is essential to avoid the agony of burn injuries, the Burn Foundation has produced a variety of innovative prevention materials. Survivor assistance programs are designed to relieve emotional suffering, create opportunities for socializing, and help build the skills necessary to cope in a society that highly values physical appearance.
  • American Burn Association - The ABA is dedicated to: stimulating and sponsoring the study and research in acute care, rehabilitation, and prevention of burns; providing a forum for presentation of knowledge; fostering training opportunities for burn care professionals; and encouraging publications within the burn care field.
  • B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund - Links and information about burns and their treatment.
  • Burn Classifications - Describes the different levels of a burn.
  • Burn Emergencies - Burn classifications, methods, degree (types) of burns and how to determine severity. Initial treatment modalities are listed. From The City of Phoenix, AZ.
  • Burn Survivors Community - Support for Burn Survivors, family, friends and people that work with Burn Survivors. We have E-mail, Chats, Education, Poems, Polls and Newsletter.
  • Burn Survivors Online, The ultimate resource for information on burns - An informational and educational site covering Burns and burn recovery for survivors and familys which includes a chat room, burn question forum and an email list as well as Articles
  • Burn Survivors Throughout the World - Support and education for burn survivors, family, friends and the public.
  • Burns - Description of the many types of burns. Developed by students for Thinkquest.
  • Burns - Encarta Encyclopedia Article - Basic information on burns.
  • Burns - University of Missouri-Rolla - A brief description of degrees of burns, self care information and when to seek medical attention for burns.
  • Canadian Burn Survivors Association - Provides information and help to burn survivors and their families.
  • Cool The Burn - A Site for Children Touched by a Burn - Cooltheburn is an educational website on burn injuries. Information about the appearance of the hospital room, bandages, the hydrotherapy area, surgery, rehabilitation and psychological adjustment as well as a chat room are included.
  • Emergency Treatment of Burns - Treatment of chemical, thermal, electrical burns. Provided by the Shriners and Shriners Hospitals.
  • First Aid and Burns - Information about first degree, second degree and third degree burns from the Mayo Clinic.
  • Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation - Atlanta - The Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation's mission is to educate the public in burn awareness and prevention, to support medical facilities in the care of burns in Georgia, and to assist burn survivors in their recovery.
  • International Society for Burn Injuries - The Society was founded to 'disseminate knowledge and stimulate prevention in the field of burns'. Current Regional and Country reports regarding burn care can be obtained from the site.
  • MedicineNet.com - Burns - Categorizations, why body area location is significant, and treatment for simple burns.
  • Minor Burns - Explains about minor burns, including prevention, self-care, specific recommendations for effective non-prescription treatments, and when to see your doctor. Includes information on the difference between first degree burn, second degree burns and third degree burns and sun burn. Also discusses tanning and sun burn, frost bite, chemical burns, and treatment of these.
  • Model Burn Injury Systems - Online guides to burn care and rehabilitation.
  • My Long Hard Battle - Laura's burn survival story.
  • National Burn Victim Foundation - Addresses the total problem of burn related injuries and their prevention and serves as an advocate for thevictims of burn injuries. The NBVF also provides educational and training programs. Audio-visual programs are presented to schools, industry, fire departments, first aid squads and community groups on burn awareness, emergency burn treatment, and preparedness for thermal disasters.
  • Northwest Burn Foundation - Promotes the prevention of burns, supporting and improving the quality of burn care through education and research and providing assistance to burn survivors and their families and is located in Seattle, WA.
  • OnHealth: Burns - A basic introduction to burns and their treatment.
  • Post Toasties - For burn survivors with a sense of humor. Experiences and bulletin board.
  • Reditac Medical USA, Inc. - Supplies the medical industry with an approach to the treatment of severe tissue defects including burn treatment.
  • The Calgary Firefighters Burn Unit - The Firefighters Burn Treatment Society was formed to accumulate money for availability to burn victims in hospital and burn unitd throughout Calgary and Southern Alberta, due to the hazards of the firefighting profession and the resulting pain and suffering it inflicts upon its victims.
  • The KC Regional Firefighters Burn Foundation - is an independernt, not for profit, volunteer organization, established with the goal of assisting in the recovery and rehabilitation of the burn patient. The foundation supports burn research and works towards the prevention of these injuries. The foundation serves in Kansas and Missouri. The membership consists of burn survivors, their families, firefighters, medical professionals and other interested persons.
  • The Knapp Burn Foundation - A not-for-profit organization committed to assisting burn victims and their families, educating others and equipping the public with burn prevention information.
  • The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Inc. - Helping burn survivors and their families cope with and overcome the unimaginable and difficult challenges they encounter following a burn injury.
  • Waikato Burn Support Charitable Trust. - For the support of survivors, the promotion of burn prevention and provision of information on the activities of the organization. (New Zealand)

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