Previously, on May 18, due to adult causes, two young brothers, NTC and NTD, in Binh Duong, suffered severe gasoline burns , were admitted to the Emergency Department and transferred to the Burn – Orthopedic Department of the Children’s Hospital. Co 2 active treatment. 

His baby, NTD (9 years old), after more than 1 week of treatment with burns in many places, covering about 10% of his body area, has recovered and been discharged from the hospital.

As for the NTC baby (3 years old), he was not so lucky. He suffered burns on his face, arms, legs and abdomen with an area of ​​about 25% with level II deep burns causing pain and infection. heavy.

On the morning of May 28, doctors performed excision of the baby’s necrotic skin tissue. The baby’s prognosis is that further excision and skin grafting will be required if the burn gets worse. In addition, future sequelae, especially contracture scars in the hands and feet, will be a challenge for doctors, the baby and his family.

Doctors say that burn treatment depends on the severity of the burn. Surface burns can be treated with simple pain relievers and simple care, but large burns require prolonged treatment in specialized burn centers.

A burn is an injury to the skin and tissue due to many causes: heat, electricity, chemicals, friction or radiation, of which thermal burns (fire) are one of the severe types of burns.

If there is a light superficial burn, everyone should stay calm, soak the wound in water or wash it under gently running water and bandage with clean gauze. Deeper burns often require fluid treatment, surgical debridement, and skin grafting.

The most common complications of burns are related to infection and scar contracture.

Doctors recommend that the Department of Burns – Orthopedics at Children’s Hospital 2 receives an average of 3-5 burn cases of various degrees every day and regularly performs excisions and skin grafts to treat burns. patients . There are cases where blood or fluid transfusions are required after debridement; there are cases where the burns are so severe that the child cannot survive; there are cases where there are sequelae of post-burn contractures…

Therefore, we want everyone, especially parents with young children, to pay attention, care and take extreme precautions against burn-related accidents so that their beloved children do not have to endure pain all the time. life.