Are parents in the UK equipped to provide adequate burns first aid?

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-443

  Graham, Hamish E ^a   Bache, Sarah E ^a,b   Muthayya, Preetha ^a,b   Baker, Julie ^b   Ralston, David R ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Cold; Cooling; Dressing; Emergency care; First aid; Injuries; Patient education; Pre hospital care; Public health; Scalds; Thermal; Thermal injury; Water; Wounds

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; OIL; TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURN; BUTTER; CLOTHING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILK; MINORITY GROUP; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; SCALD; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BURNS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858072034     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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