[1] Since it was founded in 1967, the ABA has created a variety of programs in an effort to improve the lives of those affected by burn injuries.
[4] In 1959, thirteen surgeons from nine institutions held the first National Burn Seminar at the Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas to discuss case studies, treatment techniques, and specific issues in the field.
[3][5] In the following years, further National Burn Seminars were held at different medical centers across the United States and steadily gained more participants.
[3] The organization would be unique in that it would include people from multiple professions (doctors, nurses, allied healthcare professionals) as part of the whole burn care team.
[17] The original practice guidelines were first published in 2000, and later revised by the ABA's Committee on the Organization and Delivery of Burn Care in 2006.