Modern-Day Burn Resuscitation: Moving Beyond the Parkland Formula SEP 28TH, 2016 MARY BILLINGTON CATEGORIES: FOAMEDPRACTICE UPDATES Authors: Mary Ellen Billington, MD (EM Resident Physician, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX) and Brett D. Arnoldo, MD, FACS (Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX) // Edited by: Erica Simon, DO, MHA (@E_M_Simon) & Alex [...]
A collaboration including (left to right) Dr. Duncan Nickerson (Plastic Surgeon, Medical Director Calgary Firefighters' Burn Treatment Centre), Ross Pambrun, treasurer, Calgary Firefighters' Burn Treatment Society, Jeff Biernaskie from veterinary medicine and Dr. Vincent Gabriel (Director, Burn Rehabilitation Calgary Firefighters' Burn Treatment Centre). Photo by Janet Webb Improving Skin Grafts for Burn Victims [...]
Findings also suggest disruption of the signal may cause hair loss, slower wound healing By Collene Ferguson, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine May 23, 2017 Jeff Biernaskie’s research identifies a factor essential for dermal stem cells to continuously divide during tissue regeneration. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary Stem cell researchers at the University of Calgary [...]
Researchers ask burn survivors: 'What would make life better?' When Dr. Jeff Biernaskie and his University of Calgary Skin Regeneration Team set to work to build better skin grafts with stem cells, they wanted to talk to those with the most at stake: burn injury survivors. “I came into this without the experience of working [...]