%0 Journal Article %T Report %J Archive of "Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters". %D 2019 %X The 3rd International and 8th National Burn Congress was held in Shiraz, Iran on February 28th and March 1st, 2019. Organized by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, I was invited by Professor Aliakbar Mohammadi*, Congress Manager, and Professor Farid Zand**, Coordinator of the Anaesthesia and Critical Care Section, to participate as speaker and chair. The main theme of the Congress was ¡®Improving survival rate in extensive burn patients¡¯. Over the two days the following themes were debated: Burn prevention, Rehabilitation, Diet, Psychotherapy, Infection control, Acute burn management, ICU care, Modern methods of reconstruction and plastic surgery, Tissue engineering, Cell therapy and Nursing burn care. Once again I was impressed by the quality of the presentations and discussions %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6588332/