Burns Health information topics about Burns: Children 1. Prevent Burns on Hot Metal Playground Equipment Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5036.pdf 2. Prevent Burn Injuries: Don't Let Children Pu Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5009.html 3. Burns Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/sheets/burns_sheet.html 4. Burn Prevention American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZB3K8T25D&sub_... 5. Burn Injury National Safe Kids Campaign http://www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=1011&folder_id=540 Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Burns National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002056&recruiting... Directories 1. Trauma, Burn, and Injury: Resources National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/facts/traumaburnresources.html Law and Policy 1. New Labels on Children's Sleepwear Alert Pare Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00129.html Organizations 1. Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors http://www.phoenix-society.org/ Overviews 1. Burns Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00022 Prevention/Screening 1. Burn Prevention Tips Shriners Hospitals for Children http://www.shrinershq.org/prevention/burntips/index.html 2. Burns: Preventing Burns in Your Home American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/649.xml Related Issues 1. Risk of Burns From Eruptions of Hot Water Overheat Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/erupted.html 2. Household Batteries Can Cause Chemical Burns Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5088.pdf Research 1. Boston Shriners Researchers Complete Burn Survivor Shriners Hospitals for Children http://www.shrinershq.org/whatsnewarch/archives00/jama1-00.html Specific Conditions 1. Chemical Burns Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00024 2. Electrical Burns Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00027 Statistics 1. Fireworks-Related Injuries National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/fworks.htm 2. Trauma, Burn, Shock, and Injury: Facts and Figures National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/facts/traumaburnfactsfigures.html Treatment 1. Understanding Facial Scar Treatment: Surgery of American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery http://www.aafprs.org/patient/procedures/facial_scar.html 2. Helping Wounds Heal Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/302_heal.html 3. 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