Cardiovascular health is essential to the overall function of the body. If the heart is sick or the arteries are clogged, then the rest of the body suffers too. February is Cardiovascular Awareness Month and Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA) is dedicated to raising awareness of cardiovascular health’s positive and negative impacts on […]

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As the largest burn center in the nation, the Joseph M. Still (JMS) Burn Center at Doctors Hospital of Augusta treats many patients with various needs, including burn, wound, skin and soft tissue disorder and reconstructive care. However, a major risk to the health and well-being of many of our critically ill or acutely ill […]

Augusta, GA—Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA), the nation’s largest system of burn care, partnered with Augusta Fire Department for a safety demonstration on the dangers of grease burns in the kitchen. Following the American Burn Association’s theme, this year’s National Burn Awareness Week (Feb. 6-12) will focus on “Burning Issues in the Kitchen” […]

Every Christmas Eve, eight-year-old Skyler Hinson and his family shoot off fireworks to celebrate the holiday season. On Dec. 23, 2020, they decided to go ahead and shoot off some of the fireworks ahead of the rain on Christmas Eve. Hinson, his three-year-old sister and great-grandfather, went out into the backyard to kick off the […]

Jamie Harden was getting off work on New Year’s Day 2022 when she received a call from a family member that her five-year-old nephew, Je’Siyah Brown, had gotten burned in a home accident. “Je’Siyah got burned by mistake,” Harden said. “His older brother, who is seven, was cooking noodles in the microwave. Je’Siyah was bending […]

Since the inception of the Joseph M. Still (JMS) Burn Center of Augusta in 1978, Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA) has provided holistic, compassionate care to pediatric and adult patients no matter their mechanism of injury or ability to pay. Our diverse team of board-certified physicians treats every patient from initial injury through […]

Monday, Feb. 6, marks the beginning of National Burn Awareness Week across the country. Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA), the nation’s most extensive burn care system, is joining the cause and spreading educational materials, prevention tools and more to communities across the country. Organized by the American Burn Association (ABA), the week is […]

Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA) is celebrating Burn Awareness Week! We encourage you to celebrate with us as we work to raise awareness for cooking burns (the 2022 theme chosen by the American Burn Association) and spread prevention techniques to help avoid kitchen hazards all year round. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, […]

Workplace safety should be an everyday collaborative effort between employers and employees. When working in a commercial kitchen, there are many workplace hazards that pose a burn, fire or laceration injury threat. This Burn Awareness Week, Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America (BRCA) is helping reduce the risk of injury in commercial kitchens by raising […]

This Burn Awareness Week, Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America wants to recognize the foundations and non-profit organizations that support our mission: Healing patients. Healing families. Healing lives.® Their contributions to the health and wellbeing of our patients are how we deliver consistent, quality care at facilities across the country. Angel Flight Soars™ Angel Flight […]

Twenty-four-year-old Christian Cooper was driving home on Feb. 27, 2016, when a fire ignited in his car. The flames, which started on the floorboard of the passenger side, surprised and distracted Cooper, who was driving home on the interstate. “I ran off the road,” Cooper said. “The car hit a ravine and flipped on the […]