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Holiday hazards: burns in children during school holidays

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Paediatric burns are preventable injuries that can have a permanent impact on a child's health and wellbeing. The Burns Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead appeared to experience an… Click to show full abstract

Paediatric burns are preventable injuries that can have a permanent impact on a child's health and wellbeing. The Burns Unit at the Children's Hospital at Westmead appeared to experience an increase in paediatric burn injury referrals during the school holidays. The evaluation of the characteristics of burn injuries in the school holidays compared to the school term may improve the effectiveness of burn prevention programmes.

Keywords: children school; school; holiday hazards; hazards burns; school holidays; burns children

Journal Title: ANZ Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2021

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