TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Burns A1 - Wang, Alvin A1 - Yeh, Ernest A1 - Hughes, William A2 - Cooney, Derek R. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Cooney's EMS Medicine AB - There are an estimated 1.2 million burn injuries per year in the United States. Of these, 50,000 patients are hospitalized and 4500 fire-related deaths occur. According to the 2012 Burn Repository Data, encompassing cases from 2002 to 2011, approximately 70% of patients who required admission were men with a mean age of 32 years. Children under 5 represented 19% of cases while patients older than 60 accounted for 12% of admissions. The overall mortality rate was 3.7%.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126793323 ER -