Burn patients may require surgery. Common procedures include debridement and skin grafting. Patients and families receive education on surgical procedures, anesthesia types, blood loss, donor sites, dressings, splints, pain, scarring and post-op activities. A burn team member is always available to answer questions and provide further details.

Thermal burns cause tissue death due to swelling and oxygen deprivation. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy can minimize injury and surgeries needed to remove dead tissue. INTEGRIS Health Paul Silverstein Burn Center and INTEGRIS Health Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care use HBO therapy for burn patients.

In 1989, INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center was Oklahoma's first hospital to have an HBO chamber for one patient. In March 1995, they installed the state's largest chamber, treating up to 12 patients. Over 500 patients, aged five months to 92 years, have been treated in this chamber.

Pain levels vary with burn location and severity and are typically treated with IV or oral medication. Patients can rate their pain to help the health care team adjust medication for comfort.

As the only pediatric burn center in Oklahoma, we provide comprehensive care and reconstruction, ensuring personalized and effective treatment for every child.

Wound care is vital in burn treatment. The objective is to remove the burned tissue (eschar) so the skin can regenerate itself or prepare the wound for skin grafts. Physicians use various topical creams and techniques.

In burn cases, assess the situation with a full physical exam, estimate the burn area, determine burn degree and type, check for respiratory and circumferential burns on the chest and limbs and examine the eyes.