The British Burn Association, formed in 1968, is a National non-profit making organisation which enjoys charitable status. Membership is not only available to physicians, surgeons, scientists, nurses, members of ancillary medical services and non-medical workers actively engaged in some aspect of the care of the burned patient, but also to persons interested in playing an active part in attempting to reduce the incidence and noxious effect of burning injury.
The Association holds an Annual Scientific Meeting (usually in April or May) at which a wide variety of original papers are presented. The meetings normally conclude with the Wallace Lecture that is delivered by a speaker who has made outstanding contributions to the field of burn care.
A burn care teaching course also runs several times per year, the Emergency Management of Severe Burns course, which is for persons not actively engaged in burn treatment but who are interested in this topic and clinically have to deal with it occasionally. Other meetings on particular topics are also organised.
The British Burn Association (BBA) supports and encourages research into many aspects of burn care by providing a platform for discussion and dissemination.
Work currently underway in different research establishments around the British Isles include; basic science research on the effects of burn injury on the immune system, wound healing and scarring; the use of non-antibiotic based means of controlling wound contamination and the effects of smoke on the respiratory system.
Please sign-in or register using this URL: https://www.britishburnassociation.org/cmdownloads/