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Burns or scalds on children – what to do

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More than a hundred children and young people attend accident and emergency units every day with a burn or scald injury. This number increases dramatically in the four weeks around bonfire night.

Tesco Baby & Toddler Club BabySafe campaign have got together with experts from the British Red Cross to produce a video that tells parents what to do in case they find themselves in such a situation. 

The advice includes:

  • Run the area under cool water for at least 10 minutes
  • Remove water from an injured area unless the material is sticking to the skin
  • Don’t apply cream, ointments, grease antiseptic spray or plasters
  • Loosely cover burns with a non fluffy material – cling film is ideal

This is one of a series of videos produced as part of the fifth Tesco Baby & Toddler Club BabySafe campaign – an initiative to offer free, basic first aid training to parents, grandparents and carers.

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