Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center

Serious burns are among the most life-threatening and hard-to-treat medical emergencies. Thanks in part to the generosity of the Nassau County Firefighter Burn Center Fund, Nassau University Medical Center is home to a $6.7 million, 12,000-square-foot burn center that is one of the best staffed, most technologically-sophisticated facilities in the United States. There, specialized surgeons and nurses use sophisticated equipment designed to ease patients’ excruciating pain, fend off complications and promote healing.

Able to treat as many as 18 patients at one time, NuHealth’s Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center includes a four-bed critical care unit and a six-bed unit for acute care. Similar to intensive care beds, each room has a glass front in continuous view of the nurses’ station. Each room is carefully climate controlled and contains a roll-in shower, specialized mattresses with circulating air, and beds that automatically turn immobile patients to prevent further skin damage. The unit also features a Hubbard tank room to clean wounds, a horizontal shower room and a physical therapy area.

At the Burn Center, a compassionate and experienced staff of plastic surgeons, critical care specialists and nurses with special expertise in caring for burn victims use the very latest techniques and technologies, such as synthetic material that serves as a temporary skin substitute and helps prevent infection — the worst danger for victims of serious burns.

The road to recovery from serious burns can be a long one, and it takes more than the immediate care of physicians and nurses to heal the damage of such a traumatic event. In addition to our extraordinary medical staff, patients in the Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center at Nassau University Medical Center receive the support of physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, psychiatrists, a nutritionist and a chaplain.

For more information about NuHealth’s Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center at Nassau University Medical Center, call (516) 572-3207

Clinical Staff
Burn Center Director – Roger Simpson, MD