Adequate cool running water first aid decreases burn depth and skin grafting requirements in paediatric thermal burns

Review of: Griffin BR, et al. Cool running water first aid decreases skin grafting requirements in pediatric burns: a cohort study of two thousand four hundred ninety-five children. Ann Emerg Med, 2020; 75:75–85. Setting: Dedicated children’s burn centre, Queensland, Australia. Patients: 2495 patients aged 0–16 years (IQR 1–6 years) presenting as an inpatient or outpatient with a thermal burn between July 2013 and June 2016. Primary outcome: First aid administered and need for skin grafting. Adequate first aid defined as 20 minutes or more of cool running water, within 3 hours of injury. Secondary outcomes: Time to re-epithelialisation in grafted burns, wound depth, hospital admission and length of stay, requirement for operating room intervention. Main results: Adequate first aid was associated with decreased need for grafting, decreased odds of a full-thickness depth burn, operating room interventions and hospital admission. There was no association with decrease in median time to...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Picket Key publications in paediatrics: Picket Source Type: research