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Burn and scald injuries are common in children. First aid advice for paediatric burns is offered by a range of health organisations and charities in the UK. Despite this, children still present to emergency departments and burn services having received little or inadequate first aid.A survey was undertaken regarding the content and consistency of the advice given by a cross-section of UK health organisations...
The objective of this study was to measure the effectiveness and utilization of the prevention program for domestic burn prevention for young children in Indore, India.Families with at least one child under 4 years of two low income communities and one middle/high income community were approached for this program. We conducted an experimental pilot study with a pre–post design between February and...
Severe burns in children can result in prolonged suffering, disability, disfigurement, and in impaired physical and mental development. Hospitalization rates of children with burns are much higher than for children with other trauma. Therefore, various child burn prevention programs have been implemented, but their efficacy has been evaluated only by assessment of knowledge or satisfaction rather...
Objectives: To document and describe the effects of campfire burns on children. To identify the sources of danger contributing to such injuries, so that a prevention strategy can be devised.Design, patients and setting: Departmental database and case note review of all children with campfire burns seen at the Burns Unit of a tertiary referral children's hospital between January 1999 and June 2001...
The objective of this study was to identify the epidemiologic features of pediatric burn injuries in western Tehran. Study subjects included all children up to the age of 15 years who were treated as inpatients at the Tohid Burn Center in Tehran between April 1995 and March 1998. Among the 3341 burns admitted to the Center over the 3-year study period, 1454 (43.5%) occurred in children less than 16...
The objective of the present study was to describe the characteristics of pediatric burns in order to prepare a program for the prevention of severe burn injuries in children. We conducted a retrospective study of burn victims aged 15 years or younger who were hospitalized in our Critical Care Medical Center between 1982 and 1997. There were 73 children with burn injuries hospitalized in our center...
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