G167(P) Paediatric burn injury presentations to a UK district general hospital paediatric emergency department : provisions and interventions to reduce risk of attendance

Dasgupta, S; Baynes, J; Rowland, A

Abstract

Background: Most burns in children are scalds. The prevalence
of abuse-related burns admitted to burns units is 10 to 14%.
Provided local burns data is available a burns injury prevention
programme is achievable. Our local population has a higher than
national average of children requiring hospital admission due to
injuries and significantly high number of children in social care
or living in poverty.
Method: A retrospective review was undertaken of all children
(0–16 years) who attended our Paediatric Emergency Department
with burns, from January 2011 to January 2012 to review
age, sex, nature and site of burn including whether it was accidental or potentially inflicted, and outcome.
Results: Of the total 23243 children who attended, 41% were
aged 0–3 years, 34% were aged 4–10 years and 25% were aged
11–16 years. There were 263 burn injuries: 57% were aged 0–
3 years, 24% were aged 410 years and 19% were aged 11–
16 years. 9% of burns were potentially inflicted and these
patients were referred to the inpatient team and/or the Regional
Burns Unit. Scalds (49%) and thermal contact burns (36%) were
the commonest burns. The commonest sites of accidental burns
were hand (27%) and upper arm (16%). The commonest site of
potentially inflicted burns was the hand (12%).
Conclusion: There is a relatively high incidence of burn injuries
in pre-school children. Given the background risks, targeted
intervention involving pre-school children needs to be put in
place through community and social care to educate parents and
offer guidance on home safety awareness.

Citation

Dasgupta, S., Baynes, J., & Rowland, A. (2014). G167(P) Paediatric burn injury presentations to a UK district general hospital paediatric emergency department : provisions and interventions to reduce risk of attendance. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(Suppl), A74-A74. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306237.175

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Apr 7, 2014
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Apr 11, 2017
• Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
• Print ISSN: 0003-9888
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Volume: 99
• Issue: Suppl
• Pages: A74-A74
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306237.175
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306237.175
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