The closest burn center for Bakersfield residents is The Grossman Burn Center at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. Burn victims may also be rushed to The Leon S. Peters Burn Center in Fresno at Community Regional Medical Center. It’s one of closest facilities verified by the American Burn Association (ABA).
These specialized centers treat victims with the worst burn injuries. They also provide rehabilitative care so that victims can heal and return to their normal lives.
What Is a Burn Center?
A burn center or burn unit is a specialized hospital or department of a hospital with the staff and equipment to treat the most traumatic of burn injuries. Burn centers provide comprehensive, multi-disciplinary care for victims. These hospitals are prepared to accept emergency care patients at any hour to treat life-threatening burn wounds.
The staff may include plastic surgeons, general surgeons, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and social workers. Burn centers focus not only on the immediate care of the patient. They also provide focused programs that assist burn injury victims with adapting to life after they get out of the hospital.
Where Can I Find the Closest Burn Center in Kern County?
Accident victims suffering burns in fires, burns due to chemical exposure, and electrical burns are often treated in emergency rooms or trauma centers. Then they may be transferred to burn centers for multiple surgeries and long-term burn wound care.
Kern County accident victims may end up at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and quickly transferred to the ICU unit at the Grossman Burn Center. The Grossman Burn Center is not verified by the ABA, but it is approved by California Child Services (CCS) to treat children with burn wounds.
Victims could also be transferred by air to The Leon S. Peters Burn Center in Fresno. It’s the nearest burn center accredited by the American Burn Association (ABA). ABA verification means the ABA routinely inspects the facility and holds it to the highest standards. This ensures that patients are receiving the best care available and have access to the most cutting-edge methods and technologies in order to get better.
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th Street Bakersfield, CA 93301
661-323-BURN (2876) 24-Hour InPatient
661-633-BURN (2876) OutPatient Clinic
Community Regional Medical Center
2823 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 459-4220
Victims could also be rushed to a burn center in Los Angeles for additional care. Visit our page for information about the other burn centers across California.
Do I Need to Go to A Burn Center?
Paramedics and Emergency Room doctors will likely determine if you need Burn Center care.
The most severely burned victims, often suffering from third-degree burns, are usually taken to burn centers.
The criteria for admittance to a burn center can vary, but these are common symptoms of victims who wind up in burn units according to the American Burn Association (ABA):
- Patients with partial thickness burns over 10% of body surface area.
- Patients with burns that involve the face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, and major joints.
- Patients with third-degree burns.
- Patients suffering from electrical burns and chemical burns.
- Patients with inhalation wounds.
- Burn victims with other health issues that make treatment more critical.
- Child burn victims in hospitals that aren’t equipped to handle their care.
- Patients who require special social or emotional care.
Contact a Bakersfield Burn Injury Lawyer
If you or a loved one suffered a serious burn after a careless act by an individual or business, please speak with a qualified Bakersfield personal injury lawyer. We offer a free case review to all Kern County and Central Valley victims. Contact Maison Law, to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation.
It’s an easy, no-risk way to determine just what you’ll need to demand from insurance companies to cover every medical cost now and in the future.
If you feel Maison Law can help you earn the maximum compensation available to pay for your burn recovery, you won’t need any upfront money. Our attorneys don’t get paid unless we win your case for you.
