-
News
Shriners Children's Boston Raises Alarm About New TikTok Trend Causing Serious Scald Burns
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/08/TikTok-Trend-Causing-Serious-Scald-BurnsThe trend involves microwaving sugar to the melting point and clinicians are seeing a correlated increase in children coming in with severe burn injuries as a result of spilling hot sugar.
-
Condition
Traumatic Wounds
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Pediatric-Care/Traumatic-WoundsAnimal bites and friction burns, like road rash or treadmill burns, are examples of traumatic wounds we treat at Shriners Children's. When the skin is punctured by a bite or rubbed briskly on a rough surface, a traumatic wound can occur.
-
News
Shriners Children’s Offers Burn Prevention Tips to Keep Your Family Safe This Holiday Season
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/11/Holiday-Burn-AwarenessAs specialists in burn care, Shriners Children’s offers burn prevention tips this holiday season.
-
News
Shriners Children’s Boston Researchers at Forefront of Discovery for Burn Care Innovations
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2022/12/Raman-Resonance-SpectroscopyShriners Children's Boston researchers have discovered a new use for a technology to provide information about a burn wound.
-
News
Shriners Children's Ohio Vice-Chairman Named Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/03/John-Bull-HonoredJohn Bull, vice chairman of Shriners Children’s Ohio was recognized for his fundraising and philanthropy efforts in the Dayton community.
-
Patient Story
Father Credits Burn Team With Saving Daughter's Life
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2020/10/Father-credits-burn-team-with-saving-daughters-lifeWhen she was 3, Lucy came to Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and her life on the line. Chief of Burns David Greenhalgh, M.D., and his team saved her life.
-
Outpatient Clinic
Shriners Children's Tijuana Clinic
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/Locations/Mexico/Clinics/Tijuana-ClinicThe Shriners Children's Tijuana Clinic is convenient for those who live in Baja California, Mexico.
-
Patient Story
Ready for the Return Home
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/Patient-Stories/2021/01/Ready-for-the-return-homeWhen 5-year-old Marie Eva steps off the plane in the West African nation of Ivory Coast next month, she’ll walk into the waiting arms of a family who has missed her desperately for the past 15 months. Walk, not crawl.
-
News
A Day in the Life: Shriners Children's Child Life Specialists
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2024/03/Child-Life-SpecialistsChild life specialists teach distraction and coping techniques, but, perhaps more importantly, they are certified and trained to evaluate a patient's developmental and psychosocial needs.
-
News
Shriners Children’s Texas Returns to Panama for Burns Outreach Clinic
https://shriners-production-cd.azurewebsites.net/en/News-and-Media/News/2023/05/Panama-OutreachA team from Shriners Children’s Texas visited and screened patients at a burns outreach clinic in March.