Burn center in Idaho Falls

Burn injuries can be highly traumatic and require expert care from a team of dedicated burn specialists. Burn & Reconstructive Center at EIRMC offers just that, as the only burn center in Idaho, servicing patients from a wide geographic area, including Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana.

Whether you have a critical burn injury or need ongoing outpatient wound and hyperbaric care, our top priorities are to minimize the lasting impact of burn injuries and to get you home and back to normal as soon as possible.

For more information about our burn care services or to set an outpatient appointment, call (208) 529-7986.

Burn injuries and conditions we treat

Burn & Reconstructive Center at EIRMC provides comprehensive care for both adults and children affected by a wide range of injuries and conditions, including the following:

  • Burns (Chemical, electrical, friction/road rash, inhalation and thermal)
  • Crush injuries
  • Degloving injuries
  • Diabetic wounds
  • Fournier’s gangrene
  • Frostbite
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Skin sloughing
  • Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis

Burn care facilities

Given that we serve patients in Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana and Idaho, the quality of our facilities must reflect that outreach. As such, our clinic houses an adult burn ICU, dedicated burn OR suite, pediatric ICU and outpatient wound care. Additionally, EIRMC has been designated as a Level II Trauma Center with a team specializing in traumatic wounds and injuries for patients with more severe wounds.

Facilities like our burn ICU are equipped with six dedicated beds and state-of-the-art technology operated by specialized physicians and nurses trained in critical care and burn medicine. This exceptional team's commitment to superior patient care ensures that you are compassionately cared for in a nurturing environment optimal for recovery.

Outpatient burn services

In addition to our inpatient burn ICU, EIRMC provides ongoing outpatient burn care services. Whether the burn is more recent or is an older burn with scar tissue, patients of any age are treated with advanced therapies to improve healing as quickly as possible.

Onsite burn and trauma surgeons oversee the care at the outpatient clinic, complete with 13 treatment rooms, a whirlpool room with a full body and extremity tub, and advanced monoplace hyperbaric chambers with critical care/ventilator capabilities.

The outpatient clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm for scheduled and walk-in appointments.