Agents, mechanisms and clinical features of non-scald burns in children: a prospective UK study

Johnson, Emma, Maguire, Sabine, Hollen, Linda, Nuttall, Diane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-4547, Rea, David and Kemp, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1359-7948 2017. Agents, mechanisms and clinical features of non-scald burns in children: a prospective UK study. Burns 43 (6) , pp. 1218-1226. 10.1016/j.burns.2017.01.036

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ABSTRACT Aims: To inform childhood burn prevention by identifying demographics, clinical features and circumstances of unintentional non-scald burns. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted across Cardiff, Bristol and Manchester, including six emergency departments, three minor injury units and one burns unit between 13/01/2013-01/10/2015. Data collected for children aged <16 years with any burn (scald, contact, flame, radiation, chemical, electrical, friction) included: demographics, circumstances of injury and clinical features. Scalds and burns due to maltreatment were excluded from current analysis. Results: Of 564 non-scald cases, 60.8% were male, 51.1% were <3 years old, 90.1% of burns affected one anatomical site; Contact burns accounted for 86.7%, 34.8% of which were from objects placed at >0.6meters and 76.5% affected the hands. Hairstyling devices were the most common agent of contact burns (20.5%), 34.1% of hairstyling devices were on the floor. 63.7% of children aged 10-15 years sustained contact burns of which 23.2% were preparing food, and in burns from hairstyling devices, 73.3% were using them at the time of injury. Conclusions: Parents of toddlers must learn safe storage of hazardous items. Older children should be taught skills in safe cooking and hairstyling device use.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	burns, hairstyling devices, contact burns, safety hazards, children
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0305-4179
Funders:	National Assembly for Wales, The Children’s Burns Research Centre
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	9 February 2017
Date of Acceptance:	30 January 2017
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2024 18:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98188

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