Patterson E-Cigarette Research
Dr. Scott Patterson, a burn and surgical critical care fellow at the University of South Alabama, poses in the trauma room at the USA Medical Center Tuesday, June 21, 2016 with a photo of a burn on a patient's thigh from an E-Cigarette. Dr. Patterson recently received an award for best poster at the 2016 American Burn Association (ABA) 48th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev.
Dr. Patterson was awarded best poster in the public health category for his presentation titled “E-Cigarette Explosions in the USA: A Case Report and Classification of Injuries from the Literature.” The purpose of his study was to review and classify burns caused by electronic cigarettes.