Recently, members of the Calgary burn community traveled to Victoria, BC for the Canadian Burn Survivors Community Conference — a powerful gathering of burn survivors, their families, medical staff, and firefighters from across the country. The Calgary delegation included survivors, their incredible support networks, members of the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Centre, and firefighters [...]
Last week, we proudly celebrate the incredible nurses who are the backbone of health care—not just in Southern Alberta, but across the country. At the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, we’re honoured to work alongside an elite team of nurses at the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Unit at Foothills Medical Centre—one of the most [...]
CFBTS is proud to attend the 2025 American Burn Association Conference in Phoenix, AZ. The year's theme,"Innovate and Engage,"will drive new ideas to take home and foster meaningful connections with other organizations and medical staff. Alongside Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, the staff from the Foothills Burn Unit have come in attendance, with all [...]
This amazing team is always in front of the curve and making new connections! Check out the article that just keeps getting picked up by more Medical journals. https://news.ucalgary.ca/news/highly-specialized-ucalgary-lab-brings-new-understanding-skin-cancer-linked-burn-scars https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1062877 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-genomic-technology-aggressive-skin-cancer.html https://www.miragenews.com/genomic-tech-probes-aggressive-skin-cancer-in-1345702/