We envision a compassionate and connected Kansas City community where every burn survivor and their family feels supported, empowered, and never alone in their recovery journey.
Our mission is to support and empower burn survivors and their families in the Kansas City area through advocacy, financial assistance, and networking opportunities. We are dedicated to improving quality of life, promoting healing and resilience, and strengthening our community through outreach and collaboration.
Our Mission
Our Strategy For Burn Care
Dr. Julia Slater
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With a board composed of both burn survivors and burn care providers, the KC Burn Foundation understands that burn care involves medical treatment, long-term rehabilitation, and emotional support. Burn survivors often deal with long-term issues with pain control, mobility challenges and ongoing psychologic impacts. If you are a burn survivor, life after the burn unit will often require both physical recovery with physical and occupational therapists, and mental recovery with counselors or peer support groups. The KC Burn Foundation strives to assist where we can in this recovery journey.
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It is an exciting time in acute burn care with the development of new technologies and products to help patients heal even large and deep burn injuries. The use of spray skin cell suspension allows for faster healing with less donor skin required, leading to less pain for patients. Skin substitutes help generate tissue coverage over deeper structures like bone or tendon. New debriding agents can help burn care providers with more exact burn wound excisions.
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In tandem with scar massage and physical therapy, compression garments are used to help manage painful, tight burn scars. The constant pressure helps to flatten and soften raised scars and prevent hypertrophic scar formation. Scars that don’t respond to treatment with massage, therapy, or garments may need further evaluation for surgical management such as laser therapy or scar release procedures.
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Many resources exist to address psychologic recovery and the importance of the burn survivor community. Peer support groups, burn camp, and retreats are some of the opportunities available to burn survivors. Being able to learn from other survivors and provide support to new burn survivors can be therapeutic for individuals.
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By emphasizing the importance of burn care, the KC Burn Foundation hopes to acknowledge the resilience of survivors while supporting the collective effort required for their healing journey.
What Do We Do?
Our Burn Foundation is dedicated to supporting burn survivors throughout their healing journey. We provide financial assistance for burn compression garments, which are essential for proper scar management. We also supply specialized skin care products that help keep healing skin well moisturized, promoting comfort and long-term skin health. To foster emotional healing and a sense of community, we also sponsor individuals to attend burn camps and retreats, where they can connect with others who share similar experiences, build confidence, and continue their recovery in a supportive and uplifting environment.
If you are requesting financial assistance with compression garments, please download the Request for Financial Assistance Application via the link below, and email it to us at kcburnfoundation@gmail.com. If you are requesting sponsorship or assistance with attending a burn camp or retreat, please email us directly using the contact us link.
October 1, 2020
I survived a hydraulic oil fire, managed and moved on! I am 35% burned waist down to ankles front and back and went back to work. YOU can too.
— Tim S.