A nationally recognized burn center operated by Allegheny Health Network at West Penn Hospital. The center provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for adults and children with thermal, electrical, chemical, inhalation, friction, abrasion, and other serious burn-related injuries. Services include emergency burn evaluation and admission, wound care, hydrotherapy, advanced dressings, surgical and reconstructive procedures, treatment of nonhealing wounds and serious skin disorders, rehabilitation, mental-health counseling, pediatric burn care, and follow-up through an outpatient burn clinic.
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Programs & services
Specific programs and services listed for this organization.
Back-to-School Program for Children With Burn Injuries
ActiveA school reintegration service in which a Burn Center professional visits the child's school, explains the child's situation to teachers and classmates, and presents burn-safety education.
Burn Concern Support Groups and Mental Health Counseling
ActiveMental-health professionals support patients and loved ones coping with issues related to traumatic burn injuries. AHN also identifies Burn Concern Support Groups as available to people with burn injuries and their loved ones.
Burn Outreach Education for EMS and First Responders
ActiveContinuing-education programs for pre-hospital personnel and first responders, including Advanced Burn Life Support and the PATCH initial-management-of-burn-injuries course. Programs may be held at the center and throughout western Pennsylvania, most of West Virginia, eastern Ohio, and western Maryland.
Burn Prevention and Safety Education for Schools
ActiveFree, age-appropriate burn-prevention and safety presentations delivered in schools within the burn center's service region. AHN also describes broader outreach and prevention education for community audiences.
Burn Rehabilitation and Healthcare@Home Support
ActiveInterdisciplinary rehabilitation involving physical, occupational, and speech-language pathology to help patients regain strength, movement, speech, and swallowing capabilities. AHN also describes Healthcare@Home support for recovery after discharge.
Camp KOALA (Kids Overcoming, Adapting, Learning and Achieving)
ActiveA free annual five-day overnight summer camp for children with burn injuries. The camp provides peer connection, confidence-building, recreational activities, and support from burn-care professionals, staff, volunteers, and former campers.
Pediatric Burn Program
ActiveSpecialized medical and psychological burn services for children, integrated within the West Penn Burn Center. AHN identifies the center as verified to treat adults and children and describes pediatric-specific facilities and support.
West Penn Burn Center Inpatient Burn Care
ActiveSpecialized inpatient care for adults and children with serious burns, including thermal, electrical, chemical, and inhalation injuries. Services include burn evaluation, admission, wound care, advanced dressings, hydrotherapy, fluid and nutrition management, surgical wound closure, grafting, reconstructive procedures, and intensive care for critically injured patients.
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Who this resource serves
Adults and children with burn injuries and related conditions treated by the center, including thermal, electrical, chemical, inhalation, friction and abrasion injuries, frostbite, scars, nonhealing wounds, and certain serious skin disorders such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Pediatric services are available.
How to access services
For inpatient or urgent burn-care information, call (412) 578-5273. For outpatient evaluation, treatment, or appointment scheduling, call (412) 578-5120. The outpatient clinic is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at West Penn Hospital, North Tower, Second Floor, Suite N2307. Referring physicians can request weekend or after-hours outpatient appointments through the number listed by AHN. Emergency situations should be handled through 911 or emergency medical transport.