{"id":7743,"date":"2026-01-29T18:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/?post_type=uch_location&#038;p=7743"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:23:00","slug":"uchealth-burn-clinic-university-of-colorado-hospital","status":"publish","type":"uch_location","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-burn-clinic-university-of-colorado-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth Burn Clinic &#8211; University of Colorado Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UCHealth Burn Clinic &#8211; University of Colorado Hospital in metro Denver is the outpatient piece of Colorado\u2019s premier burn center since 1976. We are one of 63 American Burn Association (ABA) verified locations in the United States and the first ABA-verified burn center in Colorado.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our burn center model provides inpatient and outpatient services in one location. For patients, this means a seamless transition through their entire burn and frostbite recovery. We have specialized team members that partner with our provider team, including occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and a burn-trained psychologist. Our close proximity to the Inpatient Burn Center enhances the patient experience with familiar team members caring for the patient through their injury and recovery. We offer reconstructive appointments after burn injury and have an expansive peer support program for survivors and their families.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">The <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-burn-center-university-of-colorado-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCHealth Burn and Frostbite Center &#8211; University of Colorado Hospital<\/a> is the first and longest-standing American Burn Center (ABA)-verified burn center in the Rocky Mountain region. <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7494\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/05184726\/ABA-seal-burn-center.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"h-burn-and-frostbite-conditions-we-treat\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Burn and frostbite conditions we treat<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Burns<\/li>\r\n<li>Chemical<\/li>\r\n<li>Electrical<\/li>\r\n<li>Thermal<\/li>\r\n<li>Frostbite<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Referring physicians.<\/em><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For physicians: to refer a patient to us, please call our DocLine at <a href=\"tel:18442854555\">1.844.285.4555<\/a> at any time.<\/p>\r\n<p>A referral to the <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-burn-center-university-of-colorado-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCHealth Burn and Frostbite Center &#8211; University of Colorado Hospital<\/a>, regardless of size or type of injury, means that the patient will have access to our team of burn specialists including physical and occupation therapy, nutrition, psychology, and rehabilitation along with exposure to our SOAR (Survivors Offering Assistance in Recovery) peer support program and assistance through our Burn Foundation and burn survivor community.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Referral criteria<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2nd-degree burns &gt; 10 %<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Burns to face, hands, feet, perineum, major joints<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>3rd-degree burns<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Electrical burns<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Inhalation injury<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Chemical burns<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Pediatric burns (13 years and under or under 40 kg go to Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Burns with associated trauma<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Burns accompanied by pre-existing medical conditions<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Burns with special social, emotional, or rehabilitation needs<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"author":2397,"featured_media":4268,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7743","uch_location","type-uch_location","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location\/7743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uch_location"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}