Dr. Kevin Chung, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, discusses critical care burns and the priorities of burn care. Dr. Chung presents topics of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), inflammation stimulation, the ICU shield, resuscitation morbidity, microcirculation, inhalation injury, lung support, optimal nutrition, nitrogen excretion, infection, treatment of fungal invasion, and preventing complications.