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Airway burn	Burn, blister - close-up	Burn, thermal - close-up	Burns
First degree burn	Minor burn - first aid - series	Second degree burn	Skin
Third degree burn

Second degree burn; First degree burn; Third degree burn

To help prevent burns:

• Install smoke alarms in your home. Check and change batteries regularly.
• Teach children about fire safety and the hazards of matches and fireworks.
• Keep children from climbing on top of a stove or grabbing hot items like irons and oven doors.
• Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove so that children can't grab them and they can't be accidentally knocked over.
• Place fire extinguishers in key locations at home, work, and school.
• Remove electrical cords from floors and keep them out of reach.
• Know about and practice fire escape routes at home, work, and school.
• Set temperature of water heater at 120 degrees or less.

Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5^th Ed. St. Louis, Mo.: London: Mosby; 2002:801-813.

Townsend, Jr., CM, ed. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 17^th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2004:570-591.

Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 4^th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2004:749-766.

Review Date: 05/11/2006
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.