Burn survivor Sunday

By Michael Ford and Martha Giddings

WHAT:          The VCU Medical Center's Evans-Haynes Burn Center will introduce its new medical director, Dr. Ronald Barton, at its sixth annual gathering for burn patients and their families. 

The premier unit of its kind in Virginia, VCU's Evans-Haynes Burn Center is the oldest civilian burn facility in the United States. The center is a 12-bed unit with four adult intensive care beds and eight acute care beds. The center averages 220 admissions a year.

Patients, family members, nurses, physicians, and staff renew acquaintances during a reception and brief presentation.

Members of the Phoenix Society, the burn survivor group for patients and families, will attend as well as staffers from Central Virginia Burn Camp.

Local firefighters will provide safety training for attending children, specifically tips for exiting a house filled with smoke, using a fire and life safety trailer. Other attendees include members of the Old Dominion Fire Fighter Burn Foundation and Bailey, the accelerant-sniffing dog and his handler. 

WHERE:        MCV Alumni House, 1016 E. Clay St.

WHO:              – Ronald M. Barton, M.D., associate professor, plastic & reconstructive surgery and medical director of VCU Medical Center's Evans-Haynes Burn Center

– Dave Borowski, Flicker of Hope Foundation 

WHEN:            Sunday, April 4, 2004, 2-4 p.m.