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BSTTW COMMUNITY NEWS

Volume 19 Issue 1 January 2022

BSTTW REBUILDING LIVES
BSTTW REBUILDING LIVES
BSTTW Board of Directors rehabilitation and care. She has special interest
By: Michael Appleman, CEO in cost efficient and effective treatments that
can be used globally. Kathleen is honored
to volunteer for BSTTW. .
Burn Survivors Throughout The
World, Inc. (BSTTW) is to
announce that our new Vice
President is Gary Graham and the
new Secretary is Kathleen Kerr.

Many of you might remember
Gary Graham as the owner of
Burn Survivors Online that was
the first Peer Support Website. A BURN SURVIVORS
LIFE
DOES NOT END….
Prior to suffering a burn injury
Gary used to be a sponsored
Motorcycle Roadracer (3 mile
track with a top speed of 175
MPH). One day he came
into the pit for refueling. When
they dumped fuel in the tank it
overflowed ran over and down
his legs and a bit on his arm.
When the fuel hit the red hot
titanium pipes it ignited and
caused Gary to suffer a severe
burn injury.

Kathleen Kerr, the new BSTTW
Secretary, is a Speech Language Inside This Issue
Pathologist working at University of
Texas Medical Branch as the 1 Fire Deaths, Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Stats
Assistant Director of Speech
Pathology and an Assistant Clinical 2 Disfigurement: Isolating ‘Imperfect’ Bodies
Professor of Health Sciences and a 3 Suggested Care For Pressure Garments
clinical focus on acute care.
She has over 25 years of 4 Managing Your Fears With The Help of God
experience in the field and has 5 Poem: Life
been working with patients with
burns for 8 years. Kathleen is
interest in the comprehensive care
of burn survivors and how we can
use a wider band of support for