Burn Workshop

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The Burn Program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson is pleased to announce a 4-hour pre-conference course on caring for burn patients in the austere environment. Participants will gain knowledge and experience on a variety of emergent situations and subsequent core procedures seen in the field under austere conditions. Topics include: basics of burns and initial management, recognizing a compromised airway and surgical airway cricothyrotomy, IO needles with cutdowns through burned tissue, compartment syndrome and escharotomies, and dressing types and application techniques. This fast-paced, interactive, hands-on course will be broken up into five stations and is sure to leave everyone confident, inspired and excited about burn care. For questions, please email burn program manager, Nikki Dragony-Goff at Nicolette.Dragony-Goff@BannerHealth.com