U-M Trauma Burn: An internationally recognized leader in research, care and rehabilitation of patients, www.traumaburn.org

• The U-M Trauma Burn Center, founded in 1959, was one of the first dedicated burn units in the United States.
  
  
• In 1993, the 16-bed center received level-one trauma verification by the American College of Surgeons, and was verified as a Burn Center in 2000. To become verified, a center must demonstrate leadership in research, education, outreach and prevention, system planning, and the ability to care for the most severely injured patients.
  
  
• Trauma Burn provides multidisciplinary services from admission through rehabilitation.
  
  
• Each year, an average of 1,200 patients suffering from multiple traumatic injuries, mostly life-threatening or limb-threatening injuries are admitted to the center.
  
  
• The Trauma Burn Center includes a 1,400 square foot Resource Center, which provides services in the areas of microbiology, banking of skin and skin substitutes, infection surveillance, environmental monitoring, and participation in clinical research and trials.
  
  
• Following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the Trauma Burn Center immediately arranged a shipment of artificial skin, (TransCyte), to be sent to Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., to aide patients badly burned in the Pentagon fire. The Trauma Burn Center is part of the National Disaster Medical System Trauma Burn and has a large inventory of medical resources for burn injuries.
  
  
• "Straight Talk", a new, innovative, hospital-based program, was launched nationally by the Trauma Burn Center in April 2002 to help prevent fire-setting and accidental burns among America's children and teens. It was designed by experts at the Trauma Burn Center to reduce the devastating effect that arson and fire currently have on the nation's property and health.
  
  
• In 2002, "In an Instant...", an innovative fire injury prevention video produced by the Trauma Burn Center to teach the about the dangers of fire, received a Golden Eagle award from CINE and was a Finalist in the New York Film Festival. The documentary follows 5 children who were treated at the Burn Center from admission to home rehabilitation. The video is utilized in educational programs throughout North America. For more information contact www.traumaburn.org.
  
  
• In March 2003, the Trauma Burn Center shipped artificial skin to the Brigham & Women 's Hospital in Boston to help victims of the Rhode Island nightclub fire. The shipment included about half of U-M's total supply, about 5 square feet of TransCyte, a bioengineered skin replacement product.
  

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