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Care Beyond the Burn in Cincinnati
Conditions T Tr r eat eated
ed at
the Cincinnati Hospital
BURN CARE
� � Burn injuries
� � Inhalation injuries
� � Burn reconstr uction & & rehabilit rehabilitation
PLASTICS TICS & RECONS RECONSTRUCTIVE
CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS
� � Congenit al ear def deformities
� � Congenital
hair y ne vus (large birthmarks)
� � Clef Cleft t lip and palate
� � Brachial
plexus
xus injuries (ner (nerve ve
damage af affecting f ecting upper upper eextremities)
extremities)
� � Congenital
al hand malf malformations
� � Gynecomastia
(abnormal breast de development v elopment in in teenage teenage bo boys)
� � Congenit
al breast def deformities
� � Hidradenitis (c (chronic hronic sw sweat
gland disorder)
� � Post
trauma def ormities
(treadmill (treadmill injuries, injuries, dog dog bites, bites, la lawnmower
accidents)
COMPLEX W OUND &
SKIN CONDITIONS
� � Purpura
F ulminans
� � Necrotizing crotizing skin inf
ections &
Necrotizing F asciitis
� �� Ste v ens-J ohnson S
S Syndrome
yndrome
� � Too
xic Epidermal Necroly
sis
� � Port
wine stains
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child hild wwe
e can help,
please call:
Emergency Patient
atient RReferrals
Referrals
NEWS fr from om Cincinnati
Cincinnati
All Care and Ser vices are P Provided
R egardless of the P Patients’
Ability
to P a ay
PPaige
aige on a
recent recent visit to
Cincinnati with
Murat Murat Shrine
RRoadrunners.
oadrunners.
Reco
v vering
from a burn injury
y is one thing
, but proper scar management and
burn reconstr reconstruction
afterwards
ards can mak
e a huge difference
erence in a c
hild’ s life.
Tak ak e f for
instance
Paige
Cox.
P aige w was
critically injured in a Christmas Eve
house fire 1 15
years
ears ago that killed her brother
, but it w as nearly t two years
be-
® f ore P
aige became a Shriners Hospit als for
Children – Cincinnati patient.
It is not uncommon f
or a c
hild hild to to be be cared cared f
f or at a hospit al closer to their home
f or immediate and e ev
en post-acute burn care but c hildren are dif different
from
adults. They
require y ears of reconstr reconstructiv
e surgeries and e extensive
physical
and occupational therap
y to pro vide them with the best possible reco recovery
as
they
y gro
w.
The
Cincinnati hospit al has an organized
program f for
reconstruction
and rehabilit
ation that has had a national and international reput reputation
for
more
than 40 y
ears.
Her mother
, Mary
noticed Paige’
s rehab progress w as not ideal. P Paige had de-
veloped
eloped ph
y sically limiting contract contractures
ov
er her arms and nec neck. Mary
then re-
membered another f
amily at that first hospit al who had been tr trying
to transfer
their c
hild to the Cincinnati hospit
al. “ Once I started
t alking to other f families
and the st
aff
in Cincinnati I kne w P aige needed to become a Shriners Hospit Hospitals
patient, patient,” ” said Mary.
It was
here Mar Mary
was
confident that P aige w would
receive
the best p pediat
ric
burn
reconstructive
care available.
Years ears later later,
Mar
y’ s decision is still fresh in her mind, “I know
Paige
would
ould not not look look as as great great as as she she does does toda
today
or be the
young
w oman she is, if it w wasn’
t for
or Shriners Hospit
als f or Children, Children,” ” said Mar Mary.
“The
moment we
walked
through the
doors, I knew
w e w were
in the right hospital.
”
866-947 -7840
Non-emergency n-emergency & & Non-burn Non-burn PPatient
Patient
atient Inf
Information ormation
513-872-6240 or helpac hild@shrinenet.org
shrinershospitalsforchildren.org
shrinershospitalsf
inershospitalsf orchildren.org
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