UW Health's Burn and Wound Center provides specialized burn and complex-wound care for adults and children through University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. The burn service includes acute and intensive inpatient care, emergency evaluation and consultation, wound assessment and management, dressing changes, wound-vacuum therapy, operative and postoperative care, multidisciplinary rehabilitation support, discharge planning, and coordination with referring hospitals. UW Health identifies the service as an American Burn Association and American College of Surgeons verified adult and pediatric burn center.
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UW Health Burn Service / Burn and Wound Center
ActiveActive adult and pediatric burn-center service providing specialized acute and intensive care, emergency and referring-hospital consultation, burn surgery and postoperative care, wound assessment and management, wound-vacuum therapy, patient-specific dressing changes, multidisciplinary nursing and physician care, rehabilitation support, and discharge planning. UW Health states that the center is an American Burn Association and American College of Surgeons verified adult and pediatric burn center.
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Who this resource serves
Adults and children requiring specialized treatment for burns, frostbite, complex wounds, or related injuries. Specific admission, transfer, emergency, and outpatient criteria were not fully stated on the reviewed patient-facing page.
How to access services
For emergencies, use emergency medical services or go to the nearest emergency department. For non-emergency care, patients should contact UW Health or be referred by a treating clinician. Referring hospitals and medical professionals should use UW Health's current burn-center transfer/referral process; the exact public transfer number was not verified in this audit.