Background: Burn trauma is one of the common problems seen in emergency department in tertiary care hospitals of Kolkata. Very few papers has been published in India regarding burn trauma, where as Burn trauma is quite frequent in India. Incidences vary from region to region and among different socio-economic groups. It has been observed that proper care of burn patient often hampered due to lack of infrastructure, trained professionals etc. In India there are very few hospitals with separate burn units, hence most of the burn patients are being managed by staff without any proper training in burn care. Aims and Objectives: To identify demographic and socio-cultural factors, type, modes, causes and risk factors for burn injuries and their age and gender-wise association. Material and Method: It was a retrospective study done on all burn patients presenting to the emergency department of Peerless Hospital and B. K. Roy Research Center from January 2014 to December 2015. The data was collected from the hospital records section. A total of eleven parameters were recorded on excel sheet and then analyzed by the statistician. Result: Total 56 burn patients presented during my study period. Among them 25% had first degree burn, 19.64% had second degree burn and 55.36% had third degree burn. The mode of burn was found to be Thermal in 80.36% patients, Chemical burn in 5.36% and Electrical burn 14.29%. The mechanism of burn was accidental in 98.21% and suicidal in 1.79%. No micro-organism was isolated in 96.43% 0f the patients. 82.14% patients received surgical management whereas 17.86% were managed conservatively. Among the total 56 patients 50% were discharged home whereas 32.14% left against medical advice (LAMA). Death occurred in 17.86% of patients. Conclusion: Majority of the burns occur in female population with peak age between 26 to 40 years. The highest incidence occurred due to accidental thermal injury. An education program is needed to make the population aware of various etiological factors causing burns and their prevention. Safer means and practices should be adopted in kitchen. Local health care facility should play a major and proactive role in managing burns.

Keywords: Burn; Thermal; Accidental; Female; Prevention.