Northwest Regional Burn Model System (NWRBMS)

12/19/2025

On December 3rd, we welcomed Dr. Jeremy Hess, Professor, Emergency Medicine and Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington as our guest speaker at the 21st Annual David M. Heimbach Visiting Professor Lectureship. Our thanks to Dr. Hess (3rd from left) and to our cadre of speakers from our center who spoke on issues related to cold weather response in King County, improving the care for explosive ordinance victims, recovery trajectories after a large burn injury, and prevention programming with people experiencing homelessness in Seattle.
Thank you ALL for a great educational session.

11/07/2025

At the invitation of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), Gretchen Carrougher is speaking at the XVI Congress Iberolatinoamericano de Quemaduras in Quito, Ecuador. Gretchen, a member of the NWRBMS research team, presented on the use of numerical cut points in pain assessment in adult burn survivors - a Burn Model System investigation.

11/07/2025

New publication available from BURNS demonstrating our continued emphasis and study on pain assessment in the adult burn survivor: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1m3Vv15SQcxOf5
Many thanks to our BMS collaborators!

09/09/2025

A new educational factsheet has been developed from our BMS colleagues at UT Southwestern, titled, Tips for Tackling Heat Stress. Please consider sharing with burn care colleagues and other stakeholders who can use this information.

08/21/2025

BCEN's press release for newly accredited CBRN:

The Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC) grants accreditation of BCEN’s Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) certification program—and as a result of the certification program being nationally accredited, the CBRN is now also an ANCC Magnet-accepted nursing specialty...

08/21/2025

From the American Burn Association :
The Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) designation just reached a significant milestone, and it’s a game-changer for burn nursing.

Developed in partnership between the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) and the American Burn Association (ABA), the CBRN is the world’s first burn nursing specialty certification. The CBRN credential is wholly owned and administered by BCEN — all exam eligibility, applications, and related information are available exclusively on their website (https://bcen.org/cbrn/).

Now, the CBRN is officially accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC) and accepted by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®, a milestone many burn nurses have been waiting for. Magnet acceptance can open the door to greater facility support, recognition on clinical ladders, and new opportunities for professional growth.

Hope you'll consider taking the plunge and sitting for the exam!

08/20/2025

The NWRBMS Fall Newsletter is now available.

05/10/2025

Happy Nurses Week UW Medicine Burn Center nurses! Thank you for our ice cream social experience :-) And THANK YOU nurses for all you do for our patients.

05/08/2025

Thank your firefighters for your past contributions to our UW Burn Center. We appreciate you!

05/03/2025

Tomorrow, May 4th is International Firefighters Day. On this day, we recognize the courage, sacrifice, and the deep partnership firefighters share with the burn care community. International Firefighters' Day was established in 1999 by Australian firefighter Lieutenant JJ Edmonson to honor five colleagues who died in the line of duty. The date, May 4, was chosen in recognition of St. Florian, the patron saint of firefighters. The red and blue ribbon, symbolizing fire and water, is now worn worldwide in tribute. We will be sharing images from past meetings and collaborations with our FF colleagues in Seattle. Please return to view these important times from our past.

04/13/2025

A great last day session on ableism with both Shelley Wiechman and Barclay Stewart speaking. Thank you all for a great conference with significant UW Burn Center representation.

04/12/2025

It was an amazing week of information sharing and meetings. Thank you .