You have access to the latest technologies and therapies at the West Penn Burn Center. Our leading-edge treatments include:
- Advanced hydration: Burn centers across the country have adopted our patient-specific fluid resuscitation management protocols to manage and prevent dehydration.
- Electromagnetic-guided feeding tubes: Our highly skilled nurses use an electromagnetic sensor while inserting feeding tubes to secure proper placement. This technique ensures the appropriate amount of nutrition within hours of admission to the Burn Center.
- Hydrotherapy: We use immersion and shower hydrotherapy to clean wounds, remove damaged tissue, and assess the healing process.
- Innovative burn dressings: We use silver dressings that eliminate the need for daily changes, thereby minimizing pain.
- Reconstructive procedures: We specialize in surgeries to release burn contractures, or tight skin that develops after a severe burn. Our plastic surgeons are experts at minimizing the appearance of scars.
- Sophisticated wound-closing techniques: We tailor therapy to your specific injury. We may use skin grafts taken from another part of your body or a donor. We also use cellular- and tissue-based skin substitutes to protect wounds from injury and infection as they heal.
