Dr. Glenn D. Warden, 25th President of the American Burn Association and past editor of the Journal of Burn Care and Research (1943-2023).

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on healthcare systems worldwide. This study explores the consequences of the pandemic on pediatric burn management, specifically focusing on whether the pandemic contributed to a surge in the volume of pediatric burns requiring surgical interventions.

Methods: All surgical cases that had a post-operative ICD-10 diagnosis of a burn was collected from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric database.

Fluid Creep and Over-resuscitation.

Fluid creep is the term applied to a burn resuscitation, which requires more fluid than predicted by standard formulas. Fluid creep is common today and is linked to several serious edema-related complications. Increased fluid requirements may accompany the appropriate resuscitation of massive injuries but dangerous fluid creep is also caused by overly permissive fluid infusion and the lack of colloid supplementation.

Transition from grant funding to a self-supporting burn telemedicine program in the western United States.

Background: Many Americans have limited access to specialty burn care, and telemedicine has been proposed as a means to address this disparity. However, many telemedicine programs have been founded on grant support and then fail once the grant support expires. Our objective was to demonstrate that a burn telemedicine program can be financially viable.