In cases of severe burns, there is often a limited area of healthy skin available for grafting. Especially in children with extensive injuries, it is absolutely crucial to harvest thin and even skin grafts – and to be able to reuse the same donor site multiple times. 🔸 An electric dermatome makes this possible. Unlike […]
Over the past six months, Care4Burn, in collaboration with KCMC, has directly helped nine patients – both children and adults – with severe burn injuries and related complications such as chronic wounds, infections, malnutrition and respiratory damage. The support we have provided has covered life-saving medication and surgical procedures, with the costs in the most […]
One area we have discussed for a long time in Care4Burn is finally becoming a reality: outreach visits to district hospitals that refer burn patients to the Burn Unit at KCMC.During our most recent trip to Tanzania in November 2024, we sponsored an outreach visit to Haj District Hospital – a hospital that refers around […]
Salma’s Story – When Help Reaches Beyond Burns 🔸 14-year-old Salma was bitten by a snake on her right foot. The unfortunate bite developed into a chronic wound that required a skin graft to heal. Although Care4Burn’s main focus is burn patients, we supported her treatment and the necessary surgery. It’s important to us that […]
Occupational therapy is crucial for the rehabilitation of burn-injured children at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC). The focus is on rebuilding the children’s physical functions while maintaining their joy in play and learning during often lengthy hospital stays. Heavenlight and Thomas, the department’s dedicated occupational therapists, work daily with the children to strengthen their muscles […]
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported Care4Burn in 2024. It has been a positive and productive year. Thanks to your interest and support, we have been able to sponsor patient treatments, provide education and knowledge exchange, and initiate field visits to District Hospitals that refer burn patients to KCMC Hospital. Thank you […]
Care4Burn recently returned from Tanzania—here’s a recap of our journey! We’ve just completed another inspiring trip to the KCMC Hospital in Tanzania, where we’ve been engaged since 2011. It was our first visit in two years, and it was wonderful to reconnect with our Tanzanian colleagues and strengthen our important collaboration. During the week, we […]
Over the past year, with your support and donations, Care4Burn has directly helped 19 children with severe burns admitted to the Burns Unit at KCMC in Moshi. The youngest patient is Jesica, a 12-month-old girl who was severely burned in a kitchen accident, while the oldest is Deric, a 16-year-old boy whose clothes caught fire […]
In November, Care4Burn will travel to Tanzania and KCMC in Moshi. Here we will spend a week in the Burn Unit. One of the focus areas this year is to help the department establish a “Dressing Room”, a so-called bandage-changing room. With a Dressing Room, all hospitalized patients can receive daily dressings in a separate […]
When performing burn surgery, staples (skin staplers), which are used to fasten/close transplanted skin, are essential.A skin-stapler work in the same way as a single stitch with a suture, which is a stitching of the skin with a thread. Using staples saves time, does not increase the risk of infection and gives the same cosmetic […]
