First-aid management of minor burns in children: A prospective study of children presenting to the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-33

  McCormack, Rebecca A ^b   La Hei, Erik R ^a   Martin, Hugh C O ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CAREGIVER; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD;

EID: 0037421341     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05038.x     Document Type: Article

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