{"id":1046,"date":"2013-04-22T01:49:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T00:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2013-04-22T01:49:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T00:49:56","slug":"children-at-risk-of-thermal-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2013\/04\/22\/children-at-risk-of-thermal-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"Children at risk of thermal hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readers may recall\u00a0that in March\u00a0I entered a post\u00a0regarding hot water scalds, sharing\u00a0the vivid memories I still have –\u00a030 years later – of my cousin’s dreadful injuries. Whilst hot water remains a potential and significant source of injury to babies and small children, there are a variety\u00a0of other thermal hazards which also place these vulnerable members of our community at risk. Some of these hazards\u00a0are further explored in an\u00a0article online first in\u00a0Archives of Disease in Childhood<\/em> (see http:\/\/adc.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2013\/04\/15\/archdischild-2012-302901.abstract<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Fire has long\u00a0been recognised as a source of injury, and\u00a096%\u00a0of the 200\u00a0parents of children aged 0-4 years living in one of four\u00a0disadvantaged areas in England reported having at least one smoke alarm (although only 95%\u00a0of these alarms were in\u00a0working order). An integral part of fire safety – a fire escape plan – was reported by only 42% of parents. In addition, eight in ten parents\u00a0reported in the interviews that they had either matches or\u00a0lighters in their home, with nearly a fifth\u00a0of parents reporting that these were stored where children could reach them. \u00a0Injury prevention efforts thus should focus upon encouraging every resident to ensure their home is fitted with smoke alarms which actually work, and the first line of defence should focus upon preventing naturally-curious children from accessing matchers and lighters under any circumstance.<\/p>\n

Interestingly the Authors recognise that popular fashion has resulted in a new potential source of thermal hazard in the home:\u00a0hair straighteners. Seventy percent of\u00a0parents interviewed\u00a0reported that they had a hair straightener in their household, and one third of these were used every day. Only 12% of parents interviewed reported placing a hot hair straightener in a heatproof bag when not in use. The prevalence of hair straighteners suggests that targeted injury prevention interventions appear warranted, including the more widespread use of heatproof bags.<\/p>\n

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Most parents appeared to have a good knowledge of first aid for small burns, but nearly one quarter of parents would respond inappropriately and thus could\u00a0inadvertently cause further harm to the child. An important part of injury prevention efforts is harm minimisation in the event of injury, therefore it is vital that any efforts educate parents and other caregivers regarding appropriate and effective first aid measures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Readers may recall\u00a0that in March\u00a0I entered a post\u00a0regarding hot water scalds, sharing\u00a0the vivid memories I still have –\u00a030 years later – of my cousin’s dreadful injuries. Whilst hot water remains a potential and significant source of injury to babies and small children, there are a variety\u00a0of other thermal hazards which also place these vulnerable members […]<\/p>\n

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