Welcome to the Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site
The Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site (WWRC) is a Department of Defense Web site which provides wounded Service Members, their families, and caregivers with information they need on military facilities, health care services, and benefits. It supports access to the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com.
Burns
Information about injuries, infections and other physical conditions that may affect service members.
Information is in alphabetical order
- Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center Serves DoD, VA, several other federal agencies and civilians in south Texas with intensive care units, patient beds and an outpatient clinic. Download the brochure from the Brooke Army Medical Center. Brochure is in .pdf format.
- Burn Advocates Network Facts on burn incidence and treatment in the U.S.
- BurnSurvivor.org Support, education and motivation relating to the non-medical aspects of recovery from burn injuries.
- Burns - Fact Sheet The National Institute of General Medical Sciences offers a fact sheet about burn basics.
- Foundation for Burns & Trauma Assists burn victims and their families in becoming burn survivors through rehabilitation, treatment and research.
- HealthFinder.gov - Burns Provides links to resources and information regarding burns on how to prevent and treat various types of burns.
- Hyperbaric Therapy Facility at Lackland Air Force Base
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat problem wounds such as non-healing ulcers and compromised skin grafts, radiation soft tissue damage, chronic infections and burns.
- Iraq Star Foundation Provides reconstructive surgery to service members returning home from war.
- MedlinePlus - About Burns Offers information about burns including treatment and prevention.
- Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors Provides medical treatment for burn injuries.
- The Moonlight Fund Provides 24/7 assistance to burn survivors and their family members, as well as families who have lost a loved one to a burn injury by addressing their financial, emotional and physical needs in acute situations.
- VA Polytrauma System of Care Provides comprehensive inter-disciplinary care at Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers and Polytrauma Network Sites for returning service members with injuries to more than one physical region or organ system. Each site treats Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), hearing loss, amputations, fractures, burns and visual impairments. Check out the locations of all sites.
WWRC Call Center 1-800-342-9647
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If you would like to speak to a trained specialist at the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center email wwrc@militaryonesource.com
