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Press Releases,  Safety

Practice Safety This Halloween With These Burn and Wound Safety Tips

October 11 – It’s the time of year for changing leaf colors, cooler temperatures and football, but it’s also a popular time for trick-or-treating and decorating for Halloween. To keep your loved ones safe from burn and wound injuries this month, it’s important to follow these simple Halloween safety recommendations: Being mindful of these recommendations […]
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Media Stories,  Safety

BRCA’s Dr. Fagan is featured on WRDW, WFXG and WJBF!

WRDW covers tree safety demo: How to prevent Christmas tree fires this holiday season AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Christmas trees are beautiful but you have to be careful. The Augusta Fire Department teamed up with the Burn Center to demonstrate what not to do and help you stay safe. They show the risks electrical sparks […]
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Community Resources,  Press Releases,  Safety

Have a holly, jolly holiday with these tips from Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America

December 1—The holiday season is a time for family, friends, food and the holiday spirit. As you get ready to decorate your house, start shopping for gifts or find ways to stay warm, make sure you stay safe! According to the National Fire Prevention Association, more than one-third of home decoration fires are started by […]
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Community Resources,  Safety

A recipe for safe cooking this Thanksgiving

As everyone gathers the ingredients and prepares the kitchen to make a feast for Thanksgiving, the experts at BRCA want to give you a recipe for a safe cooking experience. If it’s still frozen, don’t fry it. It takes multiple days to prepare for this holiday. You should start preparing your ingredients and your game […]
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Community Resources

Owner and guest tips for holiday pet safety

While you may be prepared for the holidays, your pets may not. With strangers, children, food and overexcitement, gatherings can put a lot of stress on your pets, especially if it is a new or triggering situation for them. To keep both pets and people safe, it takes both owners and guests to work together […]
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Patient Stories

Man who contracted flesh-eating bacteria from fishhook thanks burn surgeons for saving his life

In June 2019, Denton Crockett was in Louisiana fishing for redfish near the mouth of the Mississippi River when he got stuck by a fishhook in the back of his right calf. The puncture was shallow enough for Crockett to pull out the hook without medical assistance, and he thought nothing else of it. But, […]
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Patient Stories

Facing the unknown: craniofacial reconstruction after traumatic injury

When rain clouds started moving in just before dusk on Jul. 4, 2020, Zhon Wood remembers hurrying to set up the large, mortar-style fireworks he had purchased that morning, and that’s the last thing he remembers. Wood was celebrating the Independence Day holiday with friends and family at his home in Panama City, FL, when […]
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Community Resources

BRCA’s Dr. Quinton and Dr. Smith answer questions for National Diabetes Awareness Month

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month and Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America is bringing the experts to you. Diabetes and chronic wounds incite many questions, so we sat down with Dr. Tony Quinton and Dr. Kirsten Smith to give you some helpful information. What types of preventive care can I take to ensure the […]
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Patient Stories

DIY gone wrong: burn surgeons save woman’s hands after wood fracking incident

WARNING: Contains graphic images of electrical burn injury. Fifty-year-old Mary Calhoun suffered a severe electric shock at her home in Polk County, TN, when a DIY craft went horribly wrong. Inspired by social media, image-sharing sites and online tutorials, Calhoun decided she wanted to try a trend made popular through the internet: wood fracking, also […]
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Patient Stories

A history of healing: Long-term wound care follows burn injury

Charles Potter has to be careful. The scar tissue that wraps his lower legs, his anterior trunk from the waist up and half his back, isn’t as pliable as uninjured skin. It doesn’t heal as easily. A simple scratch can become a tear that can progress into an infected, chronic wound. It’s a battle the […]
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Patient Stories

Burn survivor finds strength in helping others

Shawnahan King was at a friend’s house in Homestead, FL, in 2018 when he noticed the fire was beginning to die in the outdoor firepit. Surrounded by friends and family, including his eight-year-old son, King went to re-ignite the fire when his body burst into flames. “Like a thousand other times in my life, I […]
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Community Resources,  Press Releases

Keep your Thanksgiving fire free with safety tips from BRCA

November 2—According to the National Fire Prevention Association, Thanksgiving Day is the year’s biggest day for fires. In 2020, Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America physicians and advanced practice providers saw 28% more burns on Thanksgiving than the daily average for the entire year. To help make sure your Thanksgiving holiday is fun and safe, […]
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Patient Stories

Life on the line: recovering and adapting after double amputation

Wayne (Barry) Johnston had been a lineman for 20 years when on June 27, 2006, he was electrocuted while working a job in Mississippi. “All I know is that somehow when I was working on a line that the power surged,” Johnston said. “The [electrical] line was supposed to be dead, the way I was […]
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