How Can I Treat Minor Burns?

Because children have their own characteristics in anatomy and physiology, they have different resistance to wounds, shock, and sepsis than adults, and their resistance is also quite different. For deep burns of the same area, the incidence of shock, sepsis and death in children is higher than that of adults High, so pediatric severity is different from adults.

Basic Information

Visiting department

Burn surgery

Multiple groups

Children under 12

Common causes

Children under 12 are affected by heat, electricity, radiation and chemicals

Common symptoms

Wound pain, erythema, blisters visible

Clinical manifestations of mild burns in children

1. Wound pain.

2. There may be erythema and blisters on the wound surface.

Diagnosis of minor burns in children

Diagnose based on

1. Estimation of pediatric burn area

(1) The head and neck is 9+ (12-age). The lower extremities are 46- (12-age). The area of the trunk and upper limbs is the same as that of adults.

(2) The palms of a sick child with five fingers close together, the size of the palm is 1%.

2. Judgment of Pediatric Burn Depth

Special care should be taken to avoid overestimates.

Pediatric mild burn treatment

Treatment principle

(1) Disengage the source of injury.

(2) Use antibiotics to prevent infection.

(3) Sedation pain.

(4) Correctly treat wounds.

2. Principles of medication

Mainly for mild burns.