Summer is the season of frequent scalds, and the age of scalded babies is mostly between 2-5 years old.

Causes of burns

In summer, when you use a water heater to take a bath, the water temperature is too high; hot items such as the kettle at home are placed in a place where the baby is easier to touch; when eating, soup or overheating of food are all causes of scalding.

Babies at this stage are highly curious, and at the same time avoid reacting slowly, and are prone to burn accidents.

Emergency measures after burns

In case of scalding the baby, you should first hold the baby under the faucet, and continue to wash the scalded area with running cold water for 20-30 minutes to ensure that the skin of the affected area is completely cooled, so that the wound can be quickly and thoroughly dissipated, so that The skin blood vessels constrict until the wound is no longer painful or the pain is significantly reduced. If a burn occurs, parents should carefully remove the clothes. If necessary, they can cut the clothes with scissors, and temporarily keep the sticky part, try to avoid breaking the blisters, or dry the burn area with a clean towel after washing with cold water, and then go to the hospital Treat in time.

How to prevent burns

Careful care is the main measure to prevent scalds in such children. Parents should pay more attention to their own safety awareness in daily life, for example: put "dangerous" containers containing hot liquids such as hot water and hot soup out of the reach of the baby ;When the child takes a bath, the mother must first test the temperature of the water with her hands. The skin of infants and young children is particularly tender. The temperature that adults feel is suitable for hand temperature may not be suitable for infants and young children. It needs a slightly lower temperature than adults. The best thing is to measure the water temperature directly with a thermometer; the hot water switch of the household water dispenser should be relatively fixed, or the water dispenser should be placed in a place that is not easy for the baby to touch.