The characteristics and prevention of children's burn / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the characteristics and laws of burned children,and to find the coping strategies on preventing and reducing the incidence of pediatric burns.Methods The age distribution,burn causes, degree of burn,easy -happening months and on -site treatment of 978 children under 12 years old were retrospective-ly analyzed.Results 978 pediatric burns patients made up 55.4% of all burned patients among which there were 601 male patients and 377 female patients.Most of them were 1 -3 years old.The main reason of burn was hot liquid. Most of them were minor and moderate burned.The easy -happing months were from May to September.Only 11.0%of these children were correctly treated.Most burn children were from countryside.Conclusion The main reasons of children being burned are poor management of hot liquid,carelessness and the indifference of safety consciousness. The cases of burned children are regular.It is important to strengthen the publicity and education of precaution and the consciousness of safety protection of custodian.The publicity of knowledge about burning safety and correct on -site treatment are important for prevention and cure of burned children.