The 9-month-old girl was poured with boiling water from the head and burned 85% of her body: don't let the children go to these places in the house
Original | Pregnancy
Parents, look good on your children.
There have really been too many recent scald accidents, and each one is shocking, which is a pain that the child's life cannot bear.
The latest news is: a 9-month-old baby girl was accidentally poured with boiling water and severely burned, and 85% of her whole body was burned.
It is difficult to imagine how painful it will be for a scalded child, and how a severely scalded child will live in the future.
According to the child's father, he and his wife set up a shop selling snacks, and while cooking for customers at night, the 9-month-old child rode a walker to the back kitchen.
As a result, the child accidentally dragged a wire and was poured on his head by a pot of boiling water (at least 90 degrees), and a hot smoke instantly appeared.
After the scalded baby was taken to the hospital, the doctor pricked for 40 minutes and could not find blood vessels.
The situation was very dangerous, and the child in shock was transferred to a higher hospital that night.
Debridement has been done and treatment is ongoing, and skin grafting may be required in the later stage.
This result is heartbreaking.
After the news was issued, many netizens were distressed:
"Why use a walker for a child? Why let children into the kitchen? If you have children at home, why should the pot be placed on the side? ”
"The kitchen door must be closed."
"It's really angry to watch, how can a place like the kitchen allow children to enter."
Can understand that netizens feel sorry for their children's hearts, but the most self-blame and uncomfortable at the moment is definitely parents, and no one will be more uncomfortable than them.
Accusations afterwards do not help, I only hope that parents with children at home can sound the alarm for a long time, watch their children well, and do a good job in prevention.
Once a serious burn occurs, it is really a pain that the child's life cannot bear.
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An 8-year-old girl was disfigured and a 1-year-old boy was severely burned
The mother cried: "My child was originally white and beautiful"
A very scary set of data:
According to statistics, 26 million people in the mainland suffer from burns every year, of which more than 30% are children.
That's about 20,000 children burned every day.
This data is too shocking, burns bring children not only severe pain, some children are disfigured, and some children are disabled, which is a lifelong trauma.
Therefore, burns are more important to prevent, because once they occur, it is too late to regret.
An 8-year-old female treasurer in Changsha, Hunan Province, suffered an accidental burn that resulted in facial disfigurement, amputation of both fingers, and severe third-degree burns.
According to the mother, the accident was because the child played with a lighter and accidentally ignited the foam in the corner of the wall...
In just 2 minutes, it led to very serious consequences.
The child's hands and face were burned in the third degree, the eyes and mouth had to be re-grafted, and the hands needed to use prosthetics...
The mother said: "I really feel sorry for the child, she was really beautiful and white, and now her hair is only a little bit." ”
An 11-month-old baby in Harbin poured boiling water from his head after knocking over a thermostat that had just boiled water.
26% of the child's skin was severely burned, and none of the face, neck, upper limbs, lower limbs, and no one survived.
The news of children's burns, there are many, many to list, this is not just news, but a lively and cute child is suffering from severe pain...
And these could have been avoided.
As a mother said: it is very hard to really take the child wholeheartedly, and only by being wholeheartedly optimistic about the child can the child stay away from these accidental injuries.
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Burns in children
Prevention is paramount
Summer vacation is coming, and it is the high incidence of burns in children.
Parents, children have more exposed skin in summer, are more likely to be injured, and the scald area is larger, and most of the children's summer vacation is spent at home, we must do a good job of prevention and always tighten a string.
The four high-risk areas that are most prone to burns in the home must pay special attention:
First: the kitchen
● Make sure that appropriate fences or doors are installed at the entrance of the kitchen, which must be closed at all times. Teach children not to enter the kitchen.
● When cooking, do not leave the pot unattended on the stove.
●When not cooking, turn off the main switch of gas and natural gas, and place the ignition equipment in a high place to prevent children from imitating adults to light the fire.
● All hot objects, including iron or containers containing hot substances, should not be near the edge of the table.
●When taking food, serving hot soup, and hot rice, pay attention to the child's movements and instruct the child to stay away.
Second: living room/dining room
●Kettles, water bottles, and drinking fountains need to be placed in places that are not easy for children to reach.
●Do not put a tablecloth on the table to prevent children from tearing off the tablecloth and spilling the hot soup on their bodies.
●Make sure milk, porridge, or other foods are at the right temperature before eating.
●When eating hot pot, pay attention to the placement of wires to avoid children pulling the wires and knocking over the hot pot during the action, resulting in burns.
● Do not place matches and lighters arbitrarily, but put them out of reach of children and lock them.
Third: Toilet
● The temperature of the water heater should be adjusted below 49°C to prevent hot water burns.
● When bathing children, be sure to test the water temperature in advance, put cold water first, then put hot water, and at the same time pay attention to the safe use of bath bombs, do not let young children touch, stare at it, so as not to cause burns.
Never leave a toddler alone in the bathroom, not for a second.
Fourth: bedroom
●Electric mosquito liquid needs to be used correctly, and it should be turned off and put away as soon as possible after waking up.
● Do not smoke in the bedroom, especially in bed.
● Install a suitable cover on the socket.
●All flammable liquids in the home should be locked up and out of the reach of children and away from heat and fire.
Parents, pay attention to it, because the pain of being burned penetrates deep into the bone marrow, and the consequences of being burned may be life-threatening.
If it is burned lightly, at least you have to endure the pain of wounds and dressing, and you can't bear to look at it.
If it is burned heavily, scars may remain after the wound heals, and some need to be repaired by skin grafting.
No matter how serious it is, it may be life-threatening.
So, prevention really is more important than everything.
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Accidental burns in children
Secondary injuries can be avoided by proper handling and response
If an accident occurs, parents must know how to deal with it correctly, and the correct first aid for burns can reduce the damage caused by burns.
To correctly deal with and deal with burns, we must first understand the degree of burns, according to the degree of burns, scalds can generally be divided into:
(Image source: Mayo Clinic)
First-degree burns: are the most minor and cause slight redness of the skin. Looks similar to a sun burn.
Second-degree burns: Injuries to the dermis can damage the deeper layers of the skin, causing blisters and more severe swelling.
Third-degree burns: Hurt the deepest layers of the skin, damage subcutaneous nerves and blood vessels, and may look white or burnt.
For burns, be sure to follow the correct five steps:
First: flushing - after the baby is burned, immediately rinse the wound with cold water for 10-20 minutes, wear clothes and be fine, immediately cool the wound, can reduce the depth damage to the skin.
Second: take off - during the process of rinsing, remove the clothes on the surface of the wound, but not forcibly take off, you can use scissors to cut the clothes, avoid breaking the blisters, give up if you can't take them off, cool down first, as long as the blisters do not break, the inside is sterile.
Third: soaking - continue to soak in cold water for 10~20 minutes to further dissipate heat. If the area of the burn is large, pay attention to other parts to keep warm.
Fourth: cover - cover the wound with sterile gauze or a clean towel and fix it, which can keep the wound clean and reduce the probability of infection.
Fifth: Send – If fluid oozes from the injured area, or the hands, mouth, and genitals are burned, seek medical attention immediately after coverage.
It is important to note that if your child has the following symptoms after a burn, seek medical attention immediately so as not to miss the best time for treatment:
●Children younger than 5 years old.
●Burns include the face, hands, feet, genitals, joints, and ring-shaped limbs.
●Burns are caused by electric shock or chemicals.
●More than 10 percent of burns. The area of a burned person's palm is estimated to be 0.5%, or 1% if fingers are included.
●The burns are blistered, fluid oozing, or the surface is scorched and pale and painless at all.
●The area of the burn is swollen and painful and does not resolve for several hours.
●Fever after burns.
●If the child is too young or has been screaming and crying, treatment at home is too difficult!
In addition to this, for burns, there are two absolutes to remember:
●Never rub anything on the wound. What toothpaste, soy sauce, honey, egg whites, sesame oil, saliva, pot ash, white wine, cat hair, salt ....... Do not wipe it all, it is harmful and not beneficial, there is no therapeutic effect, and it will also lead to wound infection.
● Never pick on blisters. Blisters are the body's self-protection mechanism, small blisters do not care, let it disappear on its own, if accidentally broken, then keep the local dry, timely medical attention, once the blisters burst, the chance of wound infection increases.
Note: Applying messy things to the wound will cause the doctor to be unable to visually judge the child's injury, make the treatment difficult, and lead to wound infection.
Finally, the pregnant mother really hopes that such an accident will not happen again, please be sure to watch the child!
Reference article
@美国儿科学会育儿百科第六版: Burns