The start of February brings Burn Awareness Week, Feb. 1-7, and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas is teaming up with the American Burn Association (ABA) to provide information on how to prevent scalds and other burn injuries.
On Wednesday, the Parkland Burn Center staff will be hosting a Burn Prevention and Safety Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the private dining room at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
The event will include burn prevention lessons, including cooking, gasoline and home oxygen safety.
Parkland averages about 800 people being admitted to the burn center every year. About a third of the admissions are because of scald injuries, and a majority of them happen to children who are 5-years-old and younger.
Parkland staff hopes to caution people against scald injuries because, according to Stephanie Campbell, Parkland’s Burn Program Manager, infants, young children, older adults and people with disabilities are at a higher risk of being scalded and having a difficult recovery.
Staff in the burn center said simple changes in behavior can reduce the risk of scalds and other burn injuries for both children and adults.
For more information about services available at Parkland visit www.parklandhospital.com.
