Burn centers help treat some of the most horrific injuries out there. Severe burns require specialized care, and an ultra sterile environment to prevent the kind of infections that can set in.
Last year, burn injuries and the kind of disfigurement they can leave behind were all across the gossip media, when Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker suffered serious burn injuries in a plane crash. Barker and his friend DJ AM were in a Learjet on its way from South Carolina to Los Angeles. The plane failed to clear a runway, and exploded into flames. Barker and DJAM survived the accident with second and third degree burns. Barker received medical care at the Grossman Burn Center in California and the Joseph M Still Burn Center in Georgia.
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