Abstract
Burn injuries remain a leading cause of unintentional injuries in children. Improvements in burn care technology, comprehensive outpatient services, and a team approach to care can reduce hospital stays and ease recovery for patients and families. Burn awareness and fire prevention education to the community and to health care providers may further decrease the incidence of pediatric burn injuries. Primary care providers can have a great impact on reducing the opportunity for a burn injury in a child by sharing what is known about burn incidence and prevention with the children and families they serve.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 17-18 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975) |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Medicine
Keywords
- Burns/prevention & control
- Risk Assessment
- Humans
- Risk Factors
- Hospitals, Pediatric
- Accident Prevention
- Burn Units
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Child
- South Carolina
Disciplines
- Medicine and Health Sciences
- Emergency Medicine
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