Burn Unit

The Burn Unit at Mercy Hospital - Springfield 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, we treat more than 275 inpatients and 4,000 outpatients. Our patients come from all over southwest Missouri and as far as Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas.

Mercy's burn team includes burn/trauma surgeons, physician assistants, highly trained registered nurses, 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. 

• Private rooms. 
• An advanced intensive care unit providing 24-hour critical care monitoring. 
• One-on-one nursing care including cardiac monitoring, fluid replacement, and wound care/hydrotherapy.
• Special focus on pain control and infection prevention.