1Pan-Thames Training Scheme, London
2West Midlands Regional Burn Unit, Selly Oak University Hospital, Birmingham
Shehan Hettiaratchy is specialist registrar in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Pan-Thames Training Scheme, London; Remo Papini is consultant and clinical lead in burns,West Midlands Regional Burn Unit, Selly Oak University Hospital, Birmingham.
The ABC of burns is edited by Shehan Hettiaratchy; Remo Papini; and Peter Dziewulski, consultant burns and plastic surgeon, St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford. The series will be published as a book in the autumn.
Competing interests: RP has been reimbursed by Johnson & Johnson, manufacturer of Integra, and Smith & Nephew, manufacturer of Acticoat and TransCyte, for attending symposiums on burn care.
