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2016-12-13

Classification of common burn injury

Prevention for burn injury

(A) Scald burn injury:

The kitchen and bathroom are places where burn injury usually happens in a house. Do not let children play in these places to prevent from the accidents.
The floor in the kitchen should keep dry.
Avoid wearing clothes which are too long or loose while cooking to prevent from the closes catching fire.
Place thermos bottle and hot soup on the place children can not reach. Install special button on drinking fountain to let children can not use it easy.
Obey the manual of microwave oven while making use.
Do not use over- high-temperature water while bathing the children. Put the cold water first and then hot water in the bath.
Eat hot food or soup with caution when you walk or stay in a crowd to prevent from burn.

(B) Flame burn injury:

Do not to let children play with fire.
Teach children not to approach firing crackers and not to throw the crackers carelessly.
Open the window when leakage of gas happened. DO not turn on a fan or other electric appliances hastily for the possible following explosion.
Be sure to keep inflammable stuff like paint, gasoline, and pesticide away from fire.
Do not smoke on the bed.
The gold of spirit when work ship must be burned in the iron barrel outdoor.
Be aware of the usage of candle when typhoon or power failure.
The emergency staircase should keep patent. Must notice the secure facilities and emergency exist when in public space.
Go forward with low posture for decreasing the possibility of inhalation injury when fleeing in dense smoke
Must close the door behind yourself by the way when fleeing from a calamity.

(C) Contact burn

Pay attention to safety when manipulating electric equipments, not in a crowded space.
Guide children that the electric heaters are highly risky appliances, not use those equipments by themselves.
Please turn off the power switch of unused electric heater and remove a plug.
Be care of keeping appropriate distance for avoiding contact burn injury when approaching a motorcycle.
Electric heaters should put in the area where children can’t take those heaters, for avoiding injury.

(D) Chemical burn

Don’t place dangerous things such as strong acid and strong base.
Don’t use the bottles of beverage to fill dangerous fluid, such as cleaning appliances or hydrochloric acid.

(E) Electrical burn

Electric wires and sockets should be settled in the location where children can’t take.
Utilize a protective cover to cap those socket which not using now.
Be aware of using electric equipments in the moist place such as bathroom.

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