Prevention of burns

Outpatient burns: prevention and care.

Most burn injuries can be managed on an outpatient basis by primary care physicians. Prevention efforts can significantly lower the incidence of burns, especially in children. Burns should be managed in the same manner as any other trauma, including a primary and secondary survey. Superficial burns can be treated with topical application of lotions, honey, aloe vera, or antibiotic ointment. Par...

Prevention of burns in developing countries.

Burns represent an important health and economic problem in Africa and in the developing countries. Prevention programs in the developing countries are still at an infant phase. It is well known that prevention includes surveillance with data analysis and reporting. With information campaigns, an effort can be made to use regulatory action, to educate the population and modify the environment. ...

Emphasise burns prevention in developing countries.

[Prevention and treatment of bituminous burns in construction workers].

Harstad injury prevention study: prevention of burns in young children by community based intervention.

OBJECTIVE To describe the long term effectiveness of a community based program targeting prevention of burns in young children. DESIGN Quasiexperimental. SETTING The Norwegian city of Harstad (main intervention), six surrounding municipalities (intervention diffusion), and Trondheim (reference). PARTICIPANTS Children under age 5 years in the three study populations. METHODS Outpatient a...