Comprehensive burn care in North Texas
Medical City Plano, a facility within the Medical City Healthcare network, offers advanced burn treatment services to patients from Collin County, as well as across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana.
Medical City Plano’s Burn & Reconstructive Center is one of only two dedicated burn units in North Texas and the only in Collin County.
Our burn care program
In collaboration with the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, a pioneer in burn care treatment, the Burn & Reconstructive Center helps patients who are critically injured with multiple or severe burns survive and recover.
We also offer advanced wound care and short- and long-term rehabilitation, with the goal of providing the best possible outcomes for burn patients.
Burn prevention and treatment tips
You can look to the specialists at Medical City Plano's Burn & Reconstructive Center and Level 1 Trauma Center for expert treatment of burns and traumatic injuries. For the best possible outcome immediately following a burn injury, follow these tips from our experts:
What to do
- Do run cool water over the burn
- Do use a moisturizing lotion, such as aloe vera
- Do wrap burned areas with dry, clean cloths
- Do take over-the-counter pain relievers
- Do call 911 for severe burns and serious accidents or go to the nearest ER for evaluation
What not to do
- Don't panic
- Don't put ice or ice water on a burn—you can further damage tissue
- Don't use homemade salves or ointments
- Don’t remove clothing that is stuck to a burn
Burns range from first to third degree and differ in terms of severity and appearance. Here's how to tell the severity of your burn:
- First degree–Skin is red and painful, such as with a minor sunburn
- Second degree–Red, blistered, swollen and painful
- Third degree–Deep, whitish color, no pain