Mercy Burn Center - Springfield

The Burn Center at Mercy Hospital is the only burn center in southwest Missouri. As a Level 1 trauma center, our trauma and burn physicians provide 24-hour coverage and lead our burn team in providing excellent, high quality burn care for both pediatric and adult patients. Each year, The Burn Center sees more than 275 inpatients and 4,000 outpatients. These patients come from all over southwest Missouri and as far as Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas.

Mercy burn team includes six burn/trauma surgeons, physician assistants, 17 highly trained registered nurses, 13 burn technicians, physical and occupational therapists, nutrition support, neurophysiologists, respiratory staff, child life specialists, social services and pastoral care services.

Additional specialty staff work diligently with the burn team to take care of patients who have all types of burns (thermal, chemical, scalds, electrocutions), traumatic or complex wounds, or other serious life-threatening skin diseases.

The center has all private rooms with a state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit providing 24-hour critical care monitoring and one-on-one nursing care. Highly trained nurses monitor patients’ hearts, fluid replacement and wound care/hydrotherapy. They also pay close attention to pain control and infection prevention issues. The Burn Center includes intensive care beds, step-down or acute care beds and an outpatient burn and wound care center.