2023-04-20 13:03:49
The head physician of the Buzzi hospital in Milan, where she was discharged, launches an appeal: the entrances to the emergency room of burnt children are increasing, parents need to be explained what to do
The burns in children they are increasing. The alarm comes from the Vittore Buzzi Children’s Hospital in Milan which, from the time of the pandemic to today, as head physician Vincenzo Zuccotti points out, has been recording a significant increase in admissions to the emergency room for burns, often serious. the case of Maria (invented name), a four-year-old girl who was discharged after ten months of hospitalization due to a third-degree burn caused by a bonfire lit at a kindergarten party. The burn exceeded 80 percent of the body, says Elena Zoia, head of Anesthesia and Pediatric Resuscitation at the Buzzi Hospital.
A small fire, rekindled with flammable liquid, caused a sudden blaze that hit the little girl which, also due to some acrylic clothing, was completely enveloped in flame. The girl arrived at the hospital in dramatic conditions and, after ten months of hospitalization, which for her meant an operating room every other day, medications, intubation for grafts, implants and long periods in resuscitation, was finally able to go home even if, obviously, his ordeal didn’t end there, explains the anesthesiologist.
This news story, rare in terms of seriousness (in the last two years, in Europe, 6 children have had burns involving 80% of the body, of which 4 died five months after the accident), must report the attention on prevention from the burns which, too often, occur due to superficiality or carelessness. We have just discharged a ten-month-old baby from resuscitation who accidentally slipped into the bathtub full of boiling water, but now the influx of burnt babies here at Buzzi continues, we have an average of at least one baby a week who comes to us for a burn , Zoia points out.
How bad a burn
The parameters for assessing the severity of a lesion must be considered differently depending on the age of the children. A severe burn for a child under one year a 5% burn — Gloria Pelizzo head of Buzzi’s Pediatric Surgery —. Location for a very young child is an indication of severity regardless of the extent of the burn. If they are involved areas of the face, hands, feet, genitals, joint folds are to be considered as serious injuries although the affected area reduced. If this happens, it is important to cool the area immediately and take the child to the hospital immediately. From our observatory we have noticed that accidents of this type occur mainly in the late afternoon, evening and night, demonstrating that the habits of families have changed, concludes the expert.
The burn should be considered as a systemic disease
The burn should not be considered only as an accident, one of the most serious pediatric traumas because it leaves permanent sequelae, Pelizzo reinforces. It should be considered as a disease because the scars are not erased, they carry on in life with results that can be different from person to person. The follow up of these patients and the care they need permanently and the costs cannot be borne by the patient. Usually these are expensive treatments that involve rehabilitation, local topical treatments, the acquisition of aids, drugs and repeated visits until the lesion eventually disappears Due to its sequelae, burn trauma should be considered as a systemic disease, he concludes the surgeon.
April 20, 2023 (change April 20, 2023 | 1:19 pm)
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