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3229 Burnet Ave. The Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati is a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital providing comprehensive acute care and reconstructive and rehabilitative care to children who have been burned. There is no charge to the patient or family for any of the medical care or services provided by Shriners Hospitals. This hospital is one of 22 Shriners Hospitals throughout North America. The Cincinnati Hospital is equipped and staffed to treat the following:
Special programs at the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital Re-entry Program — Helping children return to their homes and schools following a burn Camp Ability — Camp Ability is designed to enrich a child's physical, social and psychological growth, and the children have an opportunity to experience all the activities of a regular camp Transport Team — The Cincinnati Shriners Hospital has a certified Transport Team to provide emergency air transportation to the hospital from referring hospitals for critically burned children.Emergency Transportation The Cincinnati Shriners Hospital has a certified Transport Team to provide emergency air transportation to the hospital from referring hospitals for critically burned children.Teaching Affiliation Shriners Hospitals are proud of their role in medical education. Over the past 20 years, more than 8,000 physicians have received residency education or post-graduate fellowship training in the orthopaedic and burn hospitals. By maintaining a strong link with major teaching facilities, the Cincinnati Hospital fosters an academic environment committed to providing high quality orthopaedic care to all patients. The Cincinnati Hospital maintains a teaching affiliation with the following: University of Cincinnati The Good Samaritan Hospital The Jewish Hospital In addition to the medical education relationship with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, we collaborate with dozens of teaching universities covering programs in nutrition, nursing, physical therapy, radiology, occupational therapy, social work, Child Life, and others. If you are interested in an internship at our hospital in one of these fields or have other questions, please submit your request to the appropriate department c/o the hospital at 3229 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, 45229. For a burn-injured child, the Shriners Burns Hospitals are among the best referral options that you can imagine. The quality of service is leading edge and we seek out the more complex cases. The level of service is comprehensive and the environment is designed around a family centered care approach. This ensures that our families have the housing needs and emotional support they require at such a time of crisis. Without the financial constraints imposed by managed care, we are able to do what needs to be done for a child. All Shriners Hospitals are fully accredited by the JCAHO, many with commendation, and the burn hospitals are verified as true burn centers by the American College of Surgeons.Family-Centered Care Shriners Hospitals recognize that the family plays a vital role in a child's ability to overcome an illness or injury. The Cincinnati Hospital recognizes that each patient is part of a family unit that needs to be supported through interaction with the healthcare team. The patient and family are part of that team, and their participation is encouraged and supported.
Burn Prevention Information More than two million people are burned each year in U.S. 300,000 people are treated annually for burns in the U.S., while 60,000 people are hospitalized each year for burn treatment The direct cost of treating fire and burn injuries is more than $1 billion/year Children account for more than 35 percent of all fire and burn injuries and deaths. Fires and burns are the second leading cause of accidental dealth for children under age 4, and the third leading cause of death for all children under age 19. "The greatest tragedy is that these injuries are preventable," states Debbie Harrell, RN, a nurse at Shriners for over 15 years and someone who has performed dozens of burn prevention programs for kids and adults. "If a child is severely burned, it takes years of therapy and multiple surgeries to minimize scarring and restore a child's ability to function independently, physically as well as mentally. Even the best medical care we can provide can't prevent scars that will last a lifetime."In addition to the Burn Prevention Tips booklet available from International Shrine Headquarters, the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital has several other burn prevention education programs for the general public:
For more information on a burn prevention program for your school or a community group in the Cincinnati area, contact Pat Harrison at (513)872-6058. Speaker availability is sometimes limited, but we do our best to meet your needs. Volunteer opportunities
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Cincinnati offers volunteer positions for Shriners and people from the community. For Cincinnati Shrine Roadrunners What would our patients do without the Roadrunners! These dedicated Shrine volunteers drive hours upon hours to get our patients and their families here for clinic appointments and admissions. The Cincinnati Shriners Hospital recognizes drivers with patches and hats, once they have achieved a specific number of trips to the hospital. These are mailed to our drivers after the trip has been recorded at the information desk. Next time you are at the hospital, be sure to sign in and make sure we have your correct address and Temple. Mailing list If you would like to receive our quarterly newsletter and other information about our hospital please contact Lhoelker@shrinenet.org with your request. Research The Cincinnati Shriners Hospital had 18 ABA Abstracts accepted for presentation, April 18-21, 2001 Since the 1960, when the Shrine opened its first three hospitals specializing in burns, a child's chance of surviving a severe burn has nearly doubled. From a time when a child with a burn over 50 percent of his body had only a 50 percent chance of surviving, today the benchmark is that a child with a 98 percent burn has a 50 percent chance of surviving. Of the major advances in the treatment of burned children in the last 20 years, fully half have been direct results of the activities at Shriners Hospitals. The Cincinnati Hospital has been actively engaged in clinical and basic research since its opening. Research investigations at the Cincinnati Hospital focus on nutrition & metabolism, wound healing, immunology, and respiratory complications. One of the hospital's major achievements in recent years was the development of a feeding formula and regimen that is geared to the specific and crucial nutritional needs of burn-injured children. This diet helps to increase the patient's resistance to infection and shortens the hospital stay. The hospital has also pioneered the use of ventilatory support for burn patients with smoke inhalation injury and pulmonary complications. In addition to a special ventilation system, the hospital provides temporary bypass of a patient's failing respiratory system. This life-saving technique allows the lungs time to recover from extensive injury and represents a treatment option unavailable to burned children until a few years ago. Eligibility Requirements Referrals Emergencies — How to make an acute patient referral. Supporting Shriners Hospitals
To make a donation to Shriners Hospitals for Children, you can send a check, made payable to "Shriners Hospitals for Children," to any of the 22 Shriners Hospitals (see addresses of individual hospitals) or to the Office of Development, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607-1460. |
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