HOW YOU CAN PREVENT BURN INJURY:
[Information provided by The Nursing Clinics of North America]

• Keep children out of the kitchen when preparing hot meals.
• Don't hold hot beverages and babies at the same time.
• Monitor cooking routines of elderly relatives and adjust as necessary.
• Set water heater thermostat to keep tap water temperature below 125º; never leave small children alone in the bathroom.
• Install smoke detectors on each floor of residence; change batteries at least once a year.
• Keep matches, lighters and chemicals away from children.
• Keep fabrics and papers three feet away from all portable heaters; always refuel outdoors.
• Use extreme care in handling and storing gasoline and other flammable liquids.
• Ban smoking in your house.
• Support the fire and burn injury prevention programs of your local fire department.

WHO GETS BURNED?
Over 40,000 Delaware Valley residents each year, most frequently:

• Young children, by spilled food and hot beverages or bath water
• Older children, by playing with matches and lighters
• Young adults, in workplace mishaps and motor vehicle crashes
• Older adults, in kitchen accidents and fires started by cigarettes

A BURN INJURY CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!