The Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health is Indiana’s only verified adult burn center and a regional resource for comprehensive burn care. Services include emergency and inpatient burn treatment, outpatient burn-clinic care, burn surgery, wound management, rehabilitation-related physical therapy, laser therapy, medical-spa services, follow-up care, and support for patients and families. The center also provides burn prevention and education activities for the community.
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Programs & services
Specific programs and services listed for this organization.
Burn Prevention Program
ActiveCommunity and vulnerable-population burn-prevention education addressing safe cooking, fireworks safety, smoke detectors, and fire-escape planning through health fairs and educational initiatives.
Burn Survivor Social Re-integration Program
ActiveCommunity activities for burn survivors and their families, offered several times each year. Official examples include baseball games, duckpin bowling, and miniature golf.
Burn Survivor Support Group
ActiveA monthly support group and luncheon providing fellowship, peer connection, and an opportunity for burn survivors to share stories and challenges. Occasional guest speakers address survivor needs.
Comprehensive Burn Center Clinical Care
ActiveMultidisciplinary burn care including a 15-bed inpatient burn unit, outpatient burn clinic, two dedicated burn operating rooms, physical therapy gym, medical spa, laser therapy services, evaluation, treatment, surgery, wound management, and follow-up through recovery and rehabilitation.
Phoenix SOAR®
ActiveOne-to-one peer-support visits for people whose lives have been affected by a burn injury, offered through Fairbanks Burn Center support services.
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Who this resource serves
Burn survivors, patients, families, and caregivers served by or seeking information from this burn program.
How to access services
For appointments, call 317-880-6868 or 1-855-895-0043. Medical personnel may call 1-800-487-2862 (1-800-4-TRAUMA) for burn consultation, transfer, and transportation information. For emergencies, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. Burn survivor support and prevention services can be accessed by contacting the burn support services coordinator at 317-880-6878 or the burn prevention hotline at 1-866-339-2876 / 317-880-6862.