Field doctors still diagnose burns by sight, smell and touch. A smart bandage and smart phone camera may be all we need to change that — and prevent serious and lasting complications.

Doctors treated him for third-degree contact burns on his arms, legs, shoulders and hands. “The ordeal was extraordinarily painful. Changing the bandages every day felt like being skinned alive ...

A burn treatment, in which a wax film is sprayed ... hours to fix the dressings on a like number of patients. > Because bandages are eliminated, wounds can be inspected at any time.

“I thought doctors would put some ointment on, bandage her up, and we would head back home. That was not the case, and I don’t think I realized that until a week into the hospital stay ...