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The focus of a COSC unit is to prevent, identify, reduce, and manage combat and operational stress reactions resulting from physical and mental stressors in a combat environment. COSC centers around the recognition and resolution of functional problems and the development of enhanced coping skills. Recognizing that burn patients are, like combatants, also at high risk of stress-related illness, we applied COSC concepts to peacetime burn care. In this paper we describe the theoretical basis for COSC in a burn center. 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