Burn Prevention
This collection includes resources available to prevent pediatric burn injuries.
Burn Triage and Treatment of Thermal Injuries in a Radiation Emergency
This webpage from Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) explains how to treat burn injuries during a radiation emergency. It describes the importance of early care, …
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CDC Heads Up: A Fact Sheet for School Nurses
This fact sheet is designed to help school nurses: protect students from concussions and other serious brain injuries; recognize the signs of a concussion and …
Protecting Yourself While Removing Post-Disaster Debris from Your Home or Business
This fact sheet is for home/business owners, residents, and volunteer groups involved in post-disaster cleanup. It highlights the main hazards and common control methods, emphasizing …
Urban Flooding: Hazards and Tips for Prevention
This fact sheet addresses health hazards that may arise during and after urban flooding. It provides ways to avoid structural hazards and harmful exposures and …
Avoid. Spot. Treat: Frostbite & Hypothermia
This one-page infographic provides guidance for families and children in the prevention of and response to frostbite and hypothermia.
Healthcare Coalition Burn Surge Annex Template
This template helps healthcare groups plan for emergencies with many burn victims. It describes how to manage resources, decide where patients go, and work with …
Burn Injury Guidelines for Care
The document provides guidelines for treating burn injuries. It describes how to care for adult and pediatric burn patients, manage wounds, and provide physical therapy. …
Psychological Impact of Wildfires for Burn and Trauma Survivors
This 2-page pdf reviews the impact of wildfires on adults and children, what you can do and how children are likely to respond. There is …
MI-MEDIC: Michigan Medication Emergency Dosing and Intervention Cards
2023
· Michigan Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, EMS, and Systems of Care (BEPESOC),
· Western Michigan University
This document, based on the State of Michigan EMS Protocols, 2023 revisions, contains cards that describe emergency medication dosing and interventions for both pediatric and …
Paediatric Blast Injury Field Manual
2019
· Save the Children,
· Imperial College London
This 176-page manual is a guide for treating children hurt by explosions. It explains how to care for injuries from blasts, which can be different …