2025 Management of Burn Trauma – Virtual Clinical Track
This course features didactic sessions and clinical simulations covering: anatomy/physiology of skin, burn/wound assessment and management, emergency burn & trauma care in the military population, complications with burn trauma, nutrition concerns with burn population, rehabilitation management of burn injuries, surgical aspects of burn trauma and amputations, rehabilitation management of amputations, management of traumatic brain injury, critical care management, with considerations for prolonged field care and resource constraints. At the completion of this course, clinicians will gain an understanding of how to respond to initial burn injury, as well as skin functions and complexity of skin/scar management after burn injury.
Target Audience
This activity provides continuing education for physicians, nurses, physician associates/physician assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, and physical therapist assistants. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the mission and vision of the USAISR Burn Center.
- Describe the chest and abdominal assessment process.
- Describe spectrum of disease of necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) and calciphylaxis.
- Identify burn depth and the stages of wound healing.
- Discuss the difference between escharotomy and fasciotomy.
- Identify the different types of shock and how Burn Shock differs.
- Summarize the care for thermal, chemical and electrical burns.
- Describe initial stabilization and fluid resuscitation with resource limitations.
- Describe the treatment strategy for inhalation injury.
- Differentiate the clinical presentation of burn sepsis versus sepsis in a non-burn patient.
- Discuss tools used to evaluate pain, sedation, and delirium in a critically ill patient.
- Discuss the metabolic response to thermal injury/trauma.
- Describe the evaluation and management of thermal ocular burns
- Summarize the different surgical procedures and utilization for scar reconstruction.
- Describe clinical situations in which requesting Maxillofacial Prosthetics support in multidisciplinary care can improve patient quality of life, improve outcomes, expedite healing, and reduce need for additional surgery.
- Describe the two types of wound healing and their relevance to contracture.
- Describe the psychological impact of burn injury in burn and multiple trauma survivors.
- Summarize the six stages of the Progressive Return to Activity (PRA).
- Mitigate moral distress from difficult decision-making.
COL (ret.) Leopoldo Cancio, MD, FACS. Presenter discloses ownership of intellectual property with Arcos Medical, Inc. All relevant financial/non-financial relationships have been mitigated.
LTC Jacob Swann, MD, FS, FACS. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Sarah Shingleton, MS, RN, APRN, CCNS, CWCN-AP, CCRN. Presenter owns Bristol Myers Squibb stock. All relevant financial/non-financial relationships have been mitigated.
MAJ Keith Burzcak, DO. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
LTC(R) Maria Serio-Melvin, RN, MSN, CNS-BC, CCRN. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
LTC(P) Alicia Williams, MD, FS, FACS. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
William S. Dewey, PT, CHT. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
MAJ Kelly Ivins-O’Keefe, MD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
MAJ Amanda Wiggins, MD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Kaitlin Pruskowski, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Beth Shields, MS, RD, LD, CNSC. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
CPT Brian Baur, MD, PharmD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Rodney Chan, MD, FACS, FRCSC. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Col Joshua Vess, DMD, MPH, MS, FACP, ABGD, CDT. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
AMAJ Patricia Walworth, DMD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Deanna Denman, PhD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
LTC Angela Watson, PhD, DPT, PT, OCS, CSCS. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Available Credit
- 21.00 AAPA
DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 21.00 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until Friday, October 3, 2025 - 11:59pm ET. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
- 21.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 21.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
- 21.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 21.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 21.00 ANCC
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 21.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 21.00 AOTA
DHA, J-7, CEPO is an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Approved Provider of professional development (PD). PD activity approval ID# 10405. This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 2.1 CEUs, introductory, OT service delivery, foundational knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
- 21.00 APTA
DHA, J-7, CEPO is an American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Approved Provider of continuing education. This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 2.1 APTA CEUs. The assignment of APTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by APTA. APTA CEUs are accepted by most state PT licensing boards. Learners are encouraged to check with their local chapter or state board to ensure that they accept APTA accredited courses for licensure renewal.
- 21.00 Attendance
- 21.00 IPCE
In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 21.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Oct 3, 2025.
Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.
Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional technical support, email [email protected].