Burns are traumatic. Unbearably painful, patients typically deal with extensive physical and emotional scarring. At Grady, we don’t just treat the injury — we care for the individual behind it.
CONDITIONS TREATED
What burn conditions do we treat?
Grady’s provides complete care to burn victims of all ages, whether their burns result from flames, scalds, chemical, or electrical accidents. Some of the most common conditions we treat are:
Adult burns
We care for common adult burns, which often involve flames, grease, chemicals, and accelerants such as gasoline. Most people who are burned in vehicular accidents in the Atlanta area come to Grady for our burn expertise.
Pediatric burns
We know how to care for burned children. More than 20 percent of our patients are kids. The most common pediatric burns involve scalds from hot water, such as cooking soups, microwaving noodles, and taking overly hot baths.
Calciphylaxis
Calciphylaxis is a condition in which calcium accumulates in the skin’s small blood vessels and causes painful skin ulcers. It may cause serious infections.
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa usually begins as pimple-like bumps on the skin, commonly on the underarms and groin. If it worsens, the pimple-like bumps can grow deep into the skin, become painful, and cause scarring.
Necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating disease)
Necrotizing fasciitis is a bacterial infection of the tissue under the skin surrounding muscles, nerves, fat, and blood vessels. Bacteria most commonly enter the body through a break in the skin. Once in the body, they spread quickly and destroy the tissue they infect. Our burn team members have significant experience with the disease.
Stevens Johnson Syndrome (reaction to medication)
Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a rare, serious disorder of your skin and mucous membranes that’s usually triggered by a medication or an infection.
LOCATIONS
Walter L. Ingram Burn Center Location and Directions
RESEARCH
Burn care research at Grady
As one of the nation’s elite teaching hospitals, our clinicians have been involved in research that has literally helped to redefine how burn patients are treated around the world. At any given moment, our team members are involved in research to find better, more effective treatments.
SUCCESS STORIES
Every patient’s story is unique
See how lives are changed by Grady’s burn care services.
Patient story
I felt like they were my family
Susan L.
“When I got to Grady, it was amazing. They put me at ease. They put my family at ease. The staff, the nurses, were wonderful.”
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