Cooling the Burn Wound Among the Children and Teenagers in the Firefighter Practice

Abstract

Aim: The analysis of the cases of cooling the burns by NFRS firefighters. Material and methods: The data of Decision Support System of State Fire Brigade made accessible by the State Fire Bureau of the Operation Planning was analyzed concerning cooling the burns among the children between 1.01.2019-31.12.2020. 49 incidents were analyzed in terms of the mechanism, localiza¬tion, depth, extend of the burns, season of the year and day. Results: Burns were cooled in 1211 out of 126241 casualties, including 1023 of 7616 in fires and 188 of 118625 in local threats. Burn were cooled in 49 children out of 1211 casualties- 23 in local threats and 26 in fires. Cooling burns more often concerned in thermal (45), contact burns (27), I/II (48), up to 10% TBSA (32), in boys (25), 14-17 years (18), in October (9), from 1-11 p.m. (27) and in IV quarter of the year (19). Conclusions: 1. Among the injured the minor ones with the burns are not often cases. 2. Cooling the burns is more often associated with those ones injured in the fires and in boys. 3. Among the injured up to 17 years cooling the burns is more often seen during afternoon and autumn-winter season. 4. The fire¬fighters more often cool thermal, contact, superficial ones of minor burns and concerning different parts of the body within the upper its parts.

Firefighters' Knowledge About Advanced First Aid In Thermal Burns in Children: Survey Research

“…An opportunity to gain additional clinical experience in the units of State Emergency Medical Services, especially in pharmacotherapy and the use of advanced medical equipment, may have a positive impact on the treatment of burn victims by NRFS. This also increases the level of knowledge among other firefighters who deal a firefighter having experience in emergency medical services during exercises and real activities [13,14].…”