Facility specially designed for the care of severely burned persons.
A highly specialized facility in a tertiary care center, set up with specially trained physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, and with special equipment, to care for severely burned individuals. Only a handful of burn centers are found in the United States, and the practice is to transfer severely burned patients to them. Burn centers have proven superior to less specialized units in saving the lives of burn patients and restoring them to optimal function.
A hospital-based health care facility staffed with specialists essential to the comprehensive care of burn patients.