| The tragedy of losing your home, your personal | | | | Bernardino, San Diego, and all of Orange County, |
| belongings, or your business from damage that | | | | will handle your needs with compassion. They will |
| has occurred due to a fire, is comparable to that | | | | assist you and your family in locating only |
| of losing a loved one. A fire can cause a loss that | | | | experienced medical professionals for injuries you |
| can be an extremely devastating experience for | | | | have sustained and need treatment for, such as |
| everyone involved to have to endure. When a | | | | melted skin, scarring, the loss of your ability to |
| person or family has become a burn victim or a | | | | sweat, and any nerve damage you might be |
| death occurs due to a fire, this devastation that | | | | suffering from. |
| everyone goes through is magnified many times | | | | Most people may not be aware of the fact that |
| over. | | | | statistics have proven that at least fifty percent |
| Sadly, for children who are in the age group of | | | | of all burn injuries that individuals suffer from, are |
| fourteen and younger, fires and burn injuries that | | | | preventable. The staggering number of burns that |
| end up resulting in accidental death in homes in the | | | | are reported each year reach a total of |
| United States, are the most common cause of | | | | approximately two point four million, and one-third |
| accidental death. For adults, deaths that result | | | | of preschool age burn injuries are sadly created |
| from injuries that were caused by fires in the | | | | or caused by a child. The Journal of Burn Care & |
| home, is third in being the cause for accidental | | | | Rehabilitation, May/June 1992 states between |
| deaths. | | | | eight and twelve thousand patients who sustain |
| Being the victim of a burn injury can mean a | | | | burn injuries will die, and as many as one million will |
| lifetime of both physical scars and emotional | | | | suffer from very significant or permanent |
| scarring. Leading professionals who have the | | | | disabilities which are the direct result of their burn |
| expertise and specialize in burn injury cases, that | | | | injury. |
| have occurred in West Los Angeles, San | | | | |