According to the survey, 85% of burns in children occur under the supervision of parents, and experts answer every question: most of them are caused by parents' neglect

Per reporter: Li Xuanzhang Per editor: Zhang Yiming

September 3-9, 2023 is the "2nd Child Burn Prevention Awareness Week" in mainland China. During the Publicity Week, we paid attention to the popularization of scientific education on the prevention of burns in children, and advocated the knowledge of burn prevention and first aid as a key task, hoping to achieve the goal of reducing the incidence of burns among children in China through the work of the Publicity Week.

Every year, 8 million children in China suffer from burns of varying degrees, and the prevention of burns in children is urgent. On September 3, the opening ceremony of the 2nd "Child Burn Prevention Publicity Week" and the seminar on child burn prevention strategies hosted by the China Social Welfare Foundation Burn Care Public Welfare Fund were held in Beijing.

The reporter of "Daily Economic News" learned at the event that many medical experts, social organizations and the public who are concerned about burns have launched heated discussions on the current situation of burns in Chinese children, prevention, first aid science popularization and other related topics.

Sun Bianyou, founder of the China Social Welfare Foundation Burn Care Public Welfare Fund and an expert in scar medicine, said at the scene that burns are the most common accidental injuries in our children's daily lives, and accidental injuries can be avoided. In a study we did, most of the burns in children were on the face, chest, neck and limbs, and 85% of them occurred under the care of parents.

The scene of the event was photographed by reporter Li Xuanzhang

The "Daily Economic News" reporter asked Sun Bianyou at the event site why it caused such a high burn situation for children under the care of parents and how to reduce this data, he told reporters that most of the cases are caused by parents' negligence, such as playing with mobile phones and doing other things.

First aid five steps "Flush off the blister lid send"

Sun Bianyou further pointed out to reporters that this situation has always been like this, and there has been no relevant improvement. In order to reduce this data, it is necessary to make parents pay attention to it through popular science education.

At the event site, for the prevention of children's burns and the principle of child supervision, Sun Bianyou said that parents should establish a solid sense of safety, it is very important to check for potential safety hazards, there are three principles of child supervision, close, uninterrupted, not distracted, minors cannot be caregivers. In addition, as far as the living environment is concerned, whether it is at home, school, kindergarten, public places should regularly check the danger sources next to them, so that our children's range of activities must be far away from the danger sources.

First aid is important after a child's burn injury. In this regard, the industry has always had a saying of the five-step first aid "flush off the foam cover and send", Sun Bianyou said, remember these five words, the method is very simple. Because the golden time after the scald is a race against time for first aid, not to go to the hospital, but to flush cold water.

"The first step is to rinse with slow-flowing cold water for 15~30 minutes. The second step is to carefully take off the outer clothes, and cut them again if they can't be taken off. The third step, soak in cold water, soak for 15~30 minutes, if it still hurts after leaving the cold water, the time to soak here is less, just continue to soak. The fourth step is to find a clean cloth or clothing to cover, and the fifth step is to send it to the hospital. Sun Bianyou emphasized.

In order to illustrate the effect of conscientiously implementing the five steps of first aid, Sun Bianyou brought out a real-life case: there was a child who had attended our burn science popularization course. He also had burns, freshly boiled water spilled on his face, in a hurry, his mother hurriedly wanted him to be sent to the hospital, he said that he was not in a hurry, first flush him with cold water, and the child washed in cold water for an hour. A photo the next day showed that the wound was a little red, but it didn't leave any scars.

For burns, folk have always had various remedies, such as applying toothpaste, soy sauce, etc. Sun Bianyou said that folk remedies should not be used, do not apply anything after the scald occurs, just use cold water, "because you apply those things, you don't know what the substance of these things is." It can cause skin or body poisoning, or aggravate the wound, but cause infection. "

He further pointed out that the more important scald is a heat source scald, which needs to disperse the skin temperature, and if a layer of things is applied, a protective film is formed on the outer surface of the skin, which will affect the heat dissipation of the skin; If the skin heat cannot be dissipated, its residual temperature will allow the surrounding skin or deep tissues to penetrate, and after arriving at the hospital, the doctor does not know what these substances are, which will delay the doctor's diagnosis time.

The cause of injury in burn patients accounts for more than 50%.

In addition to first aid for children's burns, prevention of burns in children is also very important. Wu Jun, former chairman of the Burn Society Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and director of the Burn Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, said at the event that burns in children can be prevented, and there are two concepts of prevention.

He further pointed out that the first is not to burn burns, and the second is to reduce the damage as much as possible after it has occurred, and do not aggravate it. At the same time, they can restore their appearance and function, return to society, and support themselves.

The scene of the event was photographed by reporter Li Xuanzhang 

To prevent burns, it is a key element to understand the cause of the injury. Wu Jun said that relevant reports show that in the distribution of causes of injuries in burn patients, the first place is still scalds, accounting for more than 50%; followed by flame burns, accounting for more than 20%; Again chemical burns, accounting for more than 7%.

"Since firecrackers are now banned in many large cities, this factor has been reduced, but the damage caused by the entire flame is still relatively high. In terms of chemical burns, we often see many kindergarten children mistakenly taking things, or cleaning sewer chemicals splashed on children, which occur from time to time. So burns are actually common in our lives, but we don't pay attention, and after really paying attention, many things can be completely avoided. Wu Jun emphasized.

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