Goals   |   Scenario   |   Testimonials   |   Participants   |   Articles   |   Tools         The Intermountain Burn Center (IBC) at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center is a 13-bed adult and pediatric intensive care and rehabilitation unit, directed by Jeffrey R. Saffle, MD, FACS. It includes a physical therapy department, rehabilitation are, operating room, hydrotherapy room, skin bank, outpatient wound care and medical clinic. The center has more than 5,000 outpatient visits annually and admits over 300 burn patients, of which approximately one-third come from other states. For almost thirty years, the IBC has been the major referral center in the Intermountain area for the treatment of both adult and pediatric thermally injured patients. It is the only American College of Surgeons-verified burn unit in the Intermountain West and has a five state referral region that encompasses one-fifth of the geographical U.S., the largest geographical area of any burn facility in the nation. We anticipate that the Telemedicine in Acute Burn Care (TABC) Project will demonstrate the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of providing acute care for burn patients using telemedicine. Our goals for the project are... Goal 1: Provide equipment and protocols to expand use of telemedicine in acute burn care. Goal 2: Provide ongoing educational outreach to support and encourage the use of telemedicine in acute burn care. Goal 3: Expand the use of telemedicine for all burns at participationg hospitals. Goal 4: Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the TABC project. University of Utah Health Sciences Center 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132 HSC Webmaster Disclaimer