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Nowadays you are so busy in your daily routine that as parents you sometimes tend to overlook security factors related to your child. As you are becoming more and more used to the modern standards of living you start believing in the fact that your child is safe from most of them. According to a survey and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the burn injuries are the main reason for a child’s death under the age group of 15.
It was also found that the children are more prone to burn injuries and on the other hand the older children suffer more from chemical or the electrical burns. The data provided by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention showed that there is a decrease registered in the burn injuries in children which is due to the introduction of different smoke detectors, various government rules, and public consciousness. But despite of all these measures more deaths in children are caused by the burn injuries.
Avoiding domestic burn injuries -
Around eighty percent of the domestic burn injuries in children can be averted. Adequate attention is required to avert the burn injuries and you have to be more careful during the winter season. You can also perform various following preventive procedures during the winter time that will help in decreasing any accident-
* Make sure that you mix the food well when you make use of a microwave to warm it. There is a risk that they could get heated up and there are chances that it might contain some heat particles.
* If you are consuming a hot drink, you should avoid carrying your child around during that time.
* As a precautionary measure you should first test the soups or any other hot fluids prior to serving to your child.
* It would be better to evade the use of tablecloth. There are probabilities that the child would pull the sheet and there are chances that the tablecloth could catch fire if there are hot objects nearby.
Following are some of the steps that you can put into use to avoid any fire or burn risks-
* If you are not using any electrical item then keep the electrical devices switch off and unplugged.
* You must regularly check your various electrical appliances.
* It would be better that you should maintain safe distance from the stove and try to keep the handles of the pot turned inwards.
* You should not let your child come near when you are using deep fryer or hot oil.
* You should educate your child how to make an escape just in case of a fire and teaching different methods of extinguishing fire.
Make yourself aware of all the latest methods of taking care of the burns as the treatments we know at home maybe outdated and ineffective.
