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June 12, 2013
Warning after 204 babies, toddlers treated for scalds
With winter upon us, NSW Ambulance is warning people about the dangers of drinking hot beverages
such as tea and coffee near children after it was found 204 babies and toddlers had been treated for
scalds in eight months.
Paramedics attended 535 responses across NSW for burns caused mostly by hot beverages, together
with food and cooking oil*, between September 1, 2012, and April 30, 2013. (NB These figures do not
include people burned in fire-related incidents.)
Alarmingly, children whose skin was most vulnerable to such burns featured highest (30 per cent). Hot
beverages accounted for most scalds in children.
In the Sydney metropolitan region, paramedics treated 309 patients, with children aged two years and
under accounting for 138 cases. Between September and March, responses averaged 36 a month,
rising to 53 in April with the onset of the colder weather.
Northern NSW recorded 121 responses (37 aged two years and under); southern NSW 70 responses
(16 aged two years and under), and western NSW 35 responses (13 aged two years and under).
Other NSW totals included:
Oil
72
Food
39 (includes 13 hot noodles)
Radiator fluid
21
Pressure cooker/steamer/hot pot
17
NSW Ambulance Inspector John Brotherhood said that, in many cases, the child had either had the hot
water or beverage spilled on top of them, or they had pulled the fluids on to themselves.
“Unfortunately, over the years, I have attended many of these cases, not only from tea and coffee but,
where the child is old enough, grabbing the handles of saucepans and pulling the contents on to
themselves, or pulling the cords of kettles full of hot water,” Insp Brotherhood said.
“Other burns cases involved young children spilling two minute noodles and hot food on to themselves.”
Insp Brotherhood said that attending young burns victims was particularly distressing.
“The children are not only suffering and in terrible pain, their skin is basically degloving (peeling off) in
front of you.
“And the parents are that panicked and frightened. It’s hard; they believe they’ve done the wrong thing
and they’re doing things like wrapping the child in warm blankets to comfort them, rather than taking
appropriate care.”
Insp Brotherhood said the best treatment for any burns victim was to place the burned section under
cold running water for 20 minutes or, where the burns were more expansive, under a cold shower. Salt
water swimming pools were also an option, where available.
“The burns must be cooled down, that’s the biggest thing. Just be careful not to over-cool the patient,
particularly if it’s a young child.
“Also, never put fats or oils on the burn. We’re still finding a lot of our older residents applying oil and
butter.”
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Insp Brotherhood said that, where possible, jewellery such as earrings and rings should be removed
from burn areas. “The metal holds the heat and when the skin starts to swell it restricts the circulation,”
he said.
People were also advised to be mindful of handling food straight from a microwave.
“The food is still cooking and still emitting heat and steam when cooked in a sealed container – it’s just a
potential BLEVE, a boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion,” Insp Brotherhood said.
Insp Brotherhood said that, as winter approached, and the potential for consuming hot food and
beverages increased, the safety message was timely.
Paramedics advise the following to prevent liquid burns in children:
• Check bath water before placing a child in the bath to ensure it is a safe temperature.
• Keep hot liquids out of children’s reach
• Do not leave saucepan handles hanging over the edge of a stove, or kettle cords within reach
If a person is burned:
• Dial 000 immediately and ask for Ambulance.
• Cool the burn area with plenty of cool running water, for at least 20 minutes
• DO NOT apply ointment, cream or butter to the affected area.
• If possible remove rings and jewellery from burn areas
• Take off loose clothing so it does not stick to the burn.
Burns and scalds from hot beverages/cooking oil/food – 1/9/12 – 30/4/13
SYDNEY REGION
September
3/9
12yo male
4/9
28yo female
5/9
68yo m
6/9
3yo f
6/9
3yo m
6/9
2yo f
8/9
40yo f
9/9
5yo m
9/9
60yo f
10/9
16mo m
10/9
54yo f
10/9
20yo f
10/9
42yo f
11/9
20yo m
13/9
2yo m
14/9
85yo f
15/9
8yo m
15/9
38yo m
16/9
15mo f
16/9
16mo m
16/9
42yo f
16/9
5yo f
17/9
9yo f
19/9
15mo m
24/9
45yo m
Boiling water on arms
Boiling water on the leg
Boling water on body
Hot oil on body
Pulled boiling water on to face
Hot water on face, chest, arm
Hot water on legs
Hot water on legs
Hot oil on hand
Hot tea on arm
Hot water on leg
Hot water from car engine
Jug of boiling water on legs
Burns from radiator water
Hot tea over front of face
Hot tea on face and chest
Coffee on the face and chest
Coffee on leg
Hot water, scalded
Hot tea on face and chest
Hot soup on stomach, groin, thigh
Hot water on face
Water from hot noodles on chest
Hot water from kettle on chest
Exploded radiator water on face
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24/9
24/9
25/9
26/9
26/9
27/9
27/9
28/9
29/9
30/9
Total: 35
October
1/10
1/10
1/10
2/10
5/10
6/10
6/10
8/10
8/10
9/10
10/10
11/10
13/10
14/10
15/10
16/10
16/10
18/10
20/10
22/10
22/10
24/10
24/10
25/10
25/10
25/10
26/10
27/10
27/10
28/10
28/10
29/10
30/10
31/10
Total: 34
November
1/11
2/11
3/11
3/11
4/11
4/11
7/11
8/11
6mo m
5mo m
17mo m
16mo f
19mo m
Male
70yo f
47yo m
36yo f
36yo f
Hot tea
Hot tea on legs
Pulled hot water on to face
Hot oil spilled on face, chest
Hot tea on chest, back and face
Hot oil on face, forearms, legs
Hot oil on body
Exploding radiator
Oil on hand
Hot water on thigh
39yo f
40yo f
89yo f
2yo m
41yo f
17yo m
7yo m
19mo m
51yo f
43yo f
40yo m
80yo f
18mo m
28yo m
22yo m
49yo f
4yo m
47yo f
11mo m
49yo f
37yo m
20yo f
78yo m
51yo f
20yo m
3yo m
14mo m
84yo m
59yo f
10yo f
37yo f
15mo m
9mo m
14yo f
Hot water on face
Thermostat smashed, burns to leg
Scalded feet and legs in hot shower
Hot coffee down chest
Hot tea on buttocks
Boiling water from kettle on legs
Pulled pot of hot water off stove
Burns to feet, put in hot bath water
Dropped hot curry on body
Hot oil on hands
Switch on hot water tank exploded
Hot tea on leg
Hot tea on chest
Hot tea on legs
Hot water from radiator
Hot water on hips/legs
Hot water on chest
Urn of hot water on waist buttocks
Hot water on legs
Hot tea on legs
Hot lasagne on knee and ankle
Hot oil on hand
Hot oil on leg
Hot water on legs
Hot water on legs
Bath water too hot
Hot tea on face
Hot water on legs
Hot water accidently poured on back
Hot water from kettle on stomach
Boiling water on leg
Boiling water on arms, chest
Coffee spilt on baby’s arm
Hot water thrown at back
37yo f
46yo f
9mo f
67yo f
7yo f
50yo m
2yo f
50yo m
Hot water on hand
Hot coffee on breast, stomach
Hot water on arm
Hot water on feet
Hot water on hand
Steam from pressure cooker on back
Hot tea on chest
Hot water on waist
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8/11
8/11
9/11
11/11
12/11
12/11
13/11
14/11
14/11
15/11
15/11
16/11
17/11
17/11
18/11
18/11
18/11
18/11
20/11
21/11
22/11
25/11
26/11
26/11
27/11
27/11
28/11
30/11
30/11
30/11
30/11
30/11
Total: 40
December
1/12
1/12
2/12
2/12
2/12
4/12
5/12
5/12
7/12
7/12
7/12
7/12
9/12
9/12
10/12
11/12
12/12
13/12
14/12
14/12
15/12
15/12
16/12
8mo m
10yo m
40yo m
50yo f
18mo m
3yo f
7yo m
31yo m
42yo m
50yo f
12mo f
14mo m
87yo f
55yo f
37yo f
50yo m
77yo m
46yo f
17yo f
14mo m
6mo m
5yo f
60yo f
12yo f
22yo f
82yo m
44yo m
25yo m
55yo f
35yo f
37yo f
19yo m
Hot water from baby bottle
Hot water on thigh
Hands burned on pressure cooker
Hot water on arms, stomach
Child pulled hot tea on to neck, chest
Hot jelly mix on arms, chest, abdo
Hot water down front
Radiator fluid on face
Hot water from kettle
Hot water pipe blown, feet burned
Hot water, skin on face coming off
Hot tea on face, arms
Hot water on hand
Radiator fluid on hands
Hot milk on legs. “Skin looks like it’s melted”
Radiator blew up in face
Hot oil on hand
Hot water on back, shoulder
Hot oil on hand
Hot tea on face
Hot bath, abdomen burned
Hot water from noodles, abdo burns
Hot oil on arm, hand
Hot water on chest, arm, hand
Hot porridge on leg, hand
Hot water on legs
Hot oil on hand
Steam burn
Coffee burns to arm, hand, abdomen
Hot water on feet
Hot candle wax exploded on legs
Hot oil on torso
2yo m
2yo f
14yo f
20mo m
7yo f
70yo f
24yo m
14mo m
25yo f
19yo m
20mo f
18yo f
10yo m
2yo f
25yo f
6mo m
36yo m
2yo f
73yo f
30yo f
12mo m
33yo m
23mo m
Hot coffee on chest
Hot coffee on chest, “Skin coming off”
Hot oil on hand
Hot water, back, stomach, legs, arms
Hot water, burns to arms, legs
Hot water, torso and thighs
Hot water, thighs
Hot tea on hands
Oil from deep fryer, hands
Hot water on legs
Boiling water on chest
Radiator fluid on face
Lava lamp, hot wax on face, back, arms
Fell in tub hot water, buttocks, legs
Hot oil on hands
Hot tea on legs
Hot water on face
Hot tea on chest
Hot water from waist down
Hot soup on face and neck
Hot tea on stomach, arms, buttocks
Steam burn to neck
Fell into bowl of hot food
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Tel: 02 9320 7796
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17/12
20/12
20/12
20/12
21/12
22/12
23/12
24/12
24/12
24/12
25/12
26/12
27/12
28/12
29/12
31/12
Total: 39
January
2/1
3/1
3/1
3/1
4/1
4/1
5/1
6/1
6/1
6/1
7/1
7/1
9/1
10/1
11/1
11/1
12/1
14/1
14/1
14/1
16/1
16/1
16/1
17/1
18/1
19/1
20/1
20/1
21/1
23/1
24/1
24/1
26/1
26/1
27/1
28/1
28/1
29/1
29/1
12mo m
60yo f
24yo f
18yo f
18yo m
22yo m
62yo m
21yo m
50yo f
34yo f
12mo m
15mo m
8mo f
18mo m
23mo m
10mo f
Hot tea on arms, chest
Hot oil on both hands
Hot liquid on arm, back
Hot water on legs
Coffee burns
Petrol on arms, face
Steamer blew up in face
Oil burns to arm, hand
Hot oil exploded in face
Hot water burns
Scalded by hot water to legs
Hot tea to face
Pulled hot soup on to legs
Hot water on feet
Hot coffee on arm
Hot water on head, face
2yo m
18mo m
7mo f
19yo f
28yo m
6yo m
5mo m
18mo f
14yo f
34yo m
72yo m
50yo m
3mo m
11yo f
40yo f
4mo f
39yo m
67yo f
36yo m
18mo m
11mo m
11yo f
16mo m
77yo f
7yo m
37yo m
20mo m
30yo f
18mo m
50yo f
58yo f
6yo f
22yo f
83yo f
70yo m
66yo m
32yo f
12mo m
22yo m
Hot tea on face, arm
Hot coffee on chest
Hot tea
Hot oil
Hot oil from kitchen fire
Hot water burns
Burned by hot tuna bake on hands
Hot water on face, back
Hot water on stomach
Hot oil on face, arms
Hot food on legs
Hot oil
Hot milk on throat
Hot oil on chest, abdo and legs
Hot water burns
Hot coffee on plane, torso and arm
Hot oil
Burned by hot pot steam
Radiator fluid burns
Hot water on chest
Hot water on chest
Hot coffee on torso
Hot water
Hot tea on stomach
Hot oil on knee
Hot water
Burns from hot tea
Hot water on stomach
Hot water burns
Oil on legs
Hot water burns
Hot water burns
Hot water burns
Hot tea burns
Hot water on arm
Hot water on arm
Hot water from kettle
Burns from hot water
Hot water down chest
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30/1
31/1
Total: 41
February
1/2
3/2
3/2
4/2
4/2
5/2
9/2
10/2
10/2
10/2
11/2
11/2
11/2
12/2
13/2
13/2
14/2
15/2
17/2
17/2
19/2
20/2
20/2
21/2
22/2
23/2
23/2
24/2
24/2
25/2
25/2
27/2
Total: 33
March
1/3
1/3
2/3
2/3
2/3
5/3
7/3
7/3
7/3
9/3
9/3
10/3
11/3
11/3
13/3
14/3
15/3
16/3
23yo m
2yo m
Oil burns to face
Hot water, pulled the kettle
29yo f
74yo m
82yo f
11yo m
10mo f
33yo f
47yo m
45yo m
47yo f
3yo f
12mo m
7mo m
45yo f
45yo f
41yo m
77yo f
3yo f
50yo m
37yo m
21yo m
27yo f
6mo m
2yo f
58yo f
14mo m
21mo m
6mo f
8mo m
60yo f
55yo f
20mo m
30yo f
Hot water on stomach, thighs
Hot oil on hands from stove
Hot coffee on abdomen
Hot oil on hands
Hot tea on face, “child hysterical”
Hot water on legs
Hot water on back
Burns from boiling water
Scalded fingers in boiling water
Pulled bowl boiling water on to arms, chest
Boiling water on shoulders, arms
Burned hand in boiling water
Scald burn to wrist
Boiling water on legs, “layer of skin off”
Radiator coolant burns to chest, arm
Boiling water on genitals, legs
Burns to chest from kettle
Hot water burns to face, eyes, hands
Hot water on hands
Burns to face from radiator
Burns to legs from hot water
Scalded by hot water, abdo, legs, hands, in food court
Burns to chest from hot water
Spilled pot hot water on hand
Hot tea on chest, cheek
Hot tea on forehead, arm
Coffee on baby in shopping centre. Burns abdo, genitals, hands
Hot water, scalded feet, hand
Plunging hot coffee, splashed face, hands
Boiling oil on legs
Hot bath, burns to feet, legs, genitals
Hot water spilt from chest to thigh
88yo f
34yo m
31yo f
16yo m
21yo f
12mo f
64yo f
6mo f
17yo m
68yo f
18mo m
12mo m
2yo m
37yo f
7mo m
14yo m
23yo f
75yo f
Cup of hot tea on leg
Hot noodles, skin “hanging off” ankle
Hot oil on feet
Cup of soup on chest, waist
Hot water burns
Hot tea on face, chest, legs
Hot tea in lap
Hot water on back of legs, blistering
Hot oil on chest, neck
Hot noodles on legs
Hot tea on face
Coffee burns on face, neck
Burns to chest from hot water
Boiling water on baby
Scalded with hot water on stomach
Hot noodles on thigh
Hot condensed milk on face, neck, eyes
Boiling water on legs
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Tel: 02 9320 7796
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16/3
16/3
17/3
18/3
20/3
21/3
22/3
24/3
25/3
25/3
28/3
28/3
30/3
30/3
31/3
31/3
Total: 34
April
1/4
1/4
2/4
2/4
3/4
4/4
4/4
4/4
5/4
5/4
5/4
6/4
6/4
6/4
6/4
6/4
6/4
7/4
7/4
8/4
8/4
8/4
9/4
9/4
9/4
10/4
11/4
11/4
11/4
12/4
12/4
13/4
14/4
14/4
14/4
15/4
15/4
16/4
18/4
5yo m
4yo f
12mo m
20yo f
16mo f
15mo f
18yo m
82yo f
Female
54yo f
25yo m
22yo m
11yo m
2yo m
9mo f
18mo m
Scald to legs
Hot soup on chest
Coffee on arm and side torso
Boiling water on back
Hot food on hands, face
Hot pie on thigh
Hot water on stomach
Cup of hot water on foot
Steam burn from kettle
Hot water on hands, legs
Facial burns from engine coolant
Hot water burns on arms
Hot water burns to torso
Hot water on arm
Tea spilled over body
Hot tea on baby’s chest
9mo f
9mo m
13mo m
6mo f
10mo m
12mo f
2yo m
16yo f
26yo f
31yo f
53yo f
37yo f
4yo m
11yo f
4yo f
33yo f
55yo f
3yo f
35yo m
14mo f
38yo m
40yo f
35yo f
73yo f
Infant f
3yo f
4mo m
2yo m
30yo m
40yo m
25yo m
3yo m
9yo f
15yo m
25yo m
40yo m
31yo f
2yo m
34yo m
Hot tea on hand
Hot water, scalds to hand, knee
Hot water, face, left arm, left leg and back
Mum spilt hot water on child’s back
Coffee on chest, arm, “skin coming off”
Coffee burns to chest, stomach
Scalded by hot tea on arms, face, neck
Hot water bottle burst
Hot soup on face, chest
Boiling pureed baby food on face, chest
Boiling water on hands
Boiling water down arms, leg
Hot food on face, chest
Hot tea on chest
Hot soup, arm, thigh, skin peeling off
Hot water on foot, skin coming off
Hot water hands, groin, buttocks, thigh. Skin peeling on buttocks
Hot noodles on legs
Hot oil on face
Hot water on arm, hand
Hot oil on foot, ankle
Hot oil on hand
Boiling water on thighs
Pressure cooker – burns face, chest, arms
Poured hot coffee over head
Boiling eggplant on thigh
Hot water on arm – butter applied as remedy
Pulled pan of hot eggs on to chest
Hot water scalds
Hot oil on arm
Pressure cooker – exploded in eyes
Hot water on chest, shoulders
Boiling water on hand, shin
Hot gravy on arm, stomach
Boiling water on feet
Hot water on abdo, legs, feet
Hot oil burns
Hot water on torso
Steam cleaner – burns to hands
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18/4
18/4
20/4
20/4
22/4
22/4
23/4
25/4
25/4
26/4
27/4
28/4
28/4
30/4
Total: 53
30yo f
14yo m
2yo m
58yo f
8mo m
12mo f
Female
11mo m
55yo f
3yo m
27yo f
30yo f
19mo m
27yo f
NORTHERN REGION
September
1/9
84yo f
2/9
16yo m
5/9
21yo f
6/9
11mo m
6/9
2yo m
6/9
18yo f
7/9
40yo f
10/9
4yo m
10/9
39yo f
12/9
2yo f
13/9
89yo f
19/9
16yo f
25/9
12mo m
25/9
18mo m
27/9
2yo m
28/9
32yo m
30/9
52yo m
Total: 17
October
2/10
3/10
3/10
7/10
11/10
13/10
14/10
15/10
19/10
20/10
20/10
21/10
25/10
26/10
28/10
Total: 15
November
2/11
2/11
Hot oil – burns to back
Hot water burns to both arms
Hot tea burns, chest and arms
Hot water burns to hand, forearm
Hot tea on stomach, legs
Hot milk, chest face and neck
Hot water, face and chest
Hot tea on himself
Hot water on abdomen
Spilled hot water on himself. Shoulders peeling
Hot cooking oil on abdo, arms
Hot oil into eye, on hands
Hot coffee on arm, body; skin peeling off
Hot oil, face and legs
Boiling tea on arm
Hot tea on chest
Burns from radiator water
Hot water from kettle, burns to arm, leg
Boiling water from kettle on to face
Boiling water on legs, stomach, skin peeling
Burns to chest, arm from boiling water
Boiling water, arm burned
Scalded forearm
Boiling water on chest, arm
Hot soup on hands, stomach, thigh
Burns from oil, hand and arm
Boiling water over self, burns to face, should
Burns to neck and back from hot coffee
Boiling water on feet
Burns to arms, chest, from cooking oil
Oil burn to hand
30yo f
18mo f
11mo f
12mo f
18mo f
3mo m
8yo m
14mo f
4yo m
43yo m
78yo m
38yo m
18mo m
40yo f
78yo f
Chest scalded with boiling water off stove
Boiling water on thigh
Hot tea, back and shoulders
Hot tea on arm
Scald to face, neck torso
Hot Milo spilt on baby
Hot water on wrist, peeling
Hot coffee on face, head
Hot water on foot, calf
Scald from hot chicken
Boiling water on groin, blistering
Hot oil on feet
Boiling water on arm
Hot lasagne on arm, skin blistering
Boiling water on feet
18mo m
18yo f
Hot tea on both legs
Hot tea on abdomen
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Web: www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au
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5/11
8/11
9/11
11/11
15/11
18/11
24/11
25/11
25/11
27/11
30/11
30/11
Total: 14
32yo f
46yo f
21yo m
23yo f
10mo m
48yo f
12mo m
18yo f
21yo m
5yo f
9mo f
16mo m
Burnt with radiator water
Radiator water, burns to chest, arm
Scalds to hands, feet
Burnt by radiator fluid
Boiling water on neck, arm
Hot bath, burns to back
Hot water on stomach, chest, arms
Hot oil burns to face, chest, hand
Boiling water on back
Hot noodles on stomach, leg
Hot coffee on arm, thigh, leg
Hot water from kettle, burns to chest, neck, skin removed
December
1/12
6/12
6/12
7/12
8/12
9/12
9/12
11/12
11/12
16/12
17/12
19/12
19/12
19/12
20/12
20/12
25/12
30/12
31/12
Total: 19
2yo m
34yo m
40yo m
36yo m
17yo f
49yo m
39yo f
32yo m
12mo f
34yo m
2yo f
18mo m
Female
33yo m
2yo f
27yo m
5yo m
16mo m
18mo m
Hot cup of tea, burns from neck to abdomen
Deep fryer oil all over patient
Hot oil on arm, abdomen
Hot oil on arm
Hot oil on legs
Hot water on thigh
Burnt leg from boiling water
Hot oil on hands, skin “bubbling”
Burns to leg, back from boiling water
Oil burns, from knees to feet
Pot of hot water on child
Hot water, burns
Hot water, burns to inner thigh
Hot oil, burns to feet
Poured cup of hot water over self
Burned by hot oil on back, shoulders
Hot coffee
Hot tea on face, neck, chest
Hot water burns to arm
January
1/1
1/1
1/1
5/1
12/1
13/1
14/1
17/1
18/1
19/1
19/1
23/1
25/1
25/1
27/1
30/1
Total: 16
27yo f
94yo m
13yo m
44yo f
74yo f
11yo m
28yo f
67yo f
46yo f
18mo m
34yo f
2yo m
21yo f
21mo f
9mo f
42yo f
Boiling water in lap
Hot cup of tea on leg, arm, groin
Hot sauce, burn to hand
Burns from hot oil
Hot water on feet
Boiling water on back
Boiling water on chest, arms
Hot water on buttocks, legs
Boiling water on hand
Baby given hot milk, burns to mouth, chest
Casserole burns to arm, hand
Boiling water on arm
Cooking wine on legs
Scalded in shower, shoulders and arms
Hot cup of tea down baby’s front
Scalded from pressure cooker
66yo m
93yo f
Burns from hot water service
Scalded on leg from shower
February
1/2
4/2
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8/2
11/2
16/2
18/2
19/2
21/2
23/2
28/2
28/2
Total: 11
33yo f
18yo f
9yo f
14yo m
23yo m
Male
7yo m
25yo m
71yo f
Hot oil, hands and fingers
Hot water on chest
Hot water on chest
Hot oil on arm
Hot water from radiator on face
Hot oil on arms, hands
Hot water, going into shock
Steam from radiator on face
Scalded by steam from microwave
March
4/3
6/3
6/3
7/3
7/3
10/3
12/3
16/3
18/3
21/3
22/3
24/3
26/3
27/3
28/3
30/3
31/3
Total: 17
2yo m
86yo m
19yo m
38yo m
11yo f
11mo m
12yo f
11mo m
14mo m
22yo f
30yo f
3yo f
79yo f
21yo f
48yo m
86yo f
2yo f
Spilt hot tea on leg
Hot coffee on stomach
Hot oil and water burns
Scalded by radiator fluid
Hot water burns
Hot water on stomach
Hot noodles in lap
Hot tea, arms and face
Scald to face from coffee
Hot oil burns to arm
Hot water, burns
Tipped boiling water on stomach
Scalded with cup of tea, burns to abdo, groin
Honey exploded in microwave
Splashed by radiator coolant
Scalded by soup in groin
Hot tea spilt on front
April
9/4
10/4
10/4
11/4
16/4
16/4
18/4
19/4
19/4
21/4
22/4
23/4
Total: 12
51yo f
14yo m
34yo f
2yo f
35yo f
24yo f
65yo m
64yo m
70yo f
29yo f
2yo f
35yo f
Burned hand, boiling water
Burned hands, hot water
Hot water burns, legs and abdomen
Hot water burns, shoulder, chest
Oil vat exploded, burns face, chest, should
Pressure cooker – face, neck, shoulders
Hot oil burns
Hot water burns from shower
Pushed down on coffee plunger – skin blistering to cheeks
Hot noodles on chest, stomach, blistering
Spilled cup of tea on arm, chest
Hot oil on front of both legs
SOUTHERN REGION
September
4/9
2yo f
12/9
24yo f
12/9
72yo f
14/9
5yo f
23/9
20yo f
26/9
22yo f
29/9
5yo f
29/9
45yo m
Total: 8
Boiling water on arms after pulling hot water from microwave
Hot oil from oven over face/chest
Hot oil, full thickness burns to arm, skin off
Tipped hot noodles on herself
Oil from deep fryer, arm burn
Radiator steam in face
Hot tea, burn on arm
Hot water down back, bent over, knocked pot off stove
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October
2/10
2/10
14/10
14/10
20/10
30/10
Total: 6
28yo f
30yo f
18yo f
42yo m
18yo m
50yo f
Face scalded from steam mop
Hot oil down face/chest
Scalded across breast/stomach hot water
Boiling water on arm
Burns from radiator on face, arm, stomach
Burn to wrist from hot oil from oven
November
2/11
3/11
5/11
6/11
24/11
25/11
25/11
26/11
27/11
28/11
Total: 10
24yo f
27yo m
2yo f
21yo f
3yo f
18mo m
16yo f
20mo m
63yo m
10yo f
Spilled boiling water on legs
Oil fire in kitchen, burnt arm
Stood on hot meal
Burnt hands with hot oil from stove
Pulled hot noodles off table on to abdo, legs
Pulled hot tea on to shoulder. Skin peeling
Hot water burns on legs
Boiling tea on chest
Hot oil from frying pan
Scalds to hip, skin peeled
December
4/12
19/12
22/12
23/12
24/12
27/12
28/12
31/12
31/12
Total: 9
95yo f
9yo f
83yo f
2yo f
57yo f
6yo m
62yo r
21mo m
32yo f
Burnt hand on soup. Blistering
Boiling water on leg
Burnt legs with hot water
Burns to face and chest, boiling water
Burnt with hot oil
Poured boiling water from kettle on legs
Scalded by boiling water
Baby scalded by hot tea to chest
Hot oil on chest, stomach, leg
January
2/1
7/1
8/1
10/1
10/1
12/1
15/1
18/1
22/1
26/1
28/1
30/1
Total: 12
10yo f
18mo m
58yo f
52yo f
47yo f
29yo f
18yo m
18yo m
27yo f
4yo f
5yo f
18mo m
Hot water on arm
Hot coffee on face
Hot tea on face
Scald from pressure cooker
Burnt thigh, hand with hot water
Burns to arms/face, hot water
Oil burn to chest, down arm
Burnt hand, hot oil
Burnt foot, boiling water
Hot water spilt on chest from cup
Burns to stomach, hot water
Poured chemical on head, chest, shoulders
February
11/2
15/2
16/2
18/2
20/2
21/2
22/2
Total: 7
12mo m
12mo f
4yo f
13yo m
90yo f
29yo m
25yo f
Hot tea on face, chest, skin peeling
Boiling water on chest, back
Hot water on torso, arm
Hot water on stomach
Hot gravy on hand
Boiling water on hand, wrist
Hot oil on face, arms
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March
5/3
5/3
6/3
14/3
14/3
19/3
22/3
25/3
29/3
30/3
Total: 10
19mo m
67yo f
90yo f
58yo m
17yo m
3mo m
40yo f
2yo f
12mo f
18yo f
Hot coffee, scalds to face, chest
Dropped cup of tea on thigh
Spilled boiling water on foot
Spilled coffee on groin
Radiator exploded on legs
Cup hot tea on baby
Oil burns to hand
Pulled bottle of boiling water on to chest
Pulled pot of boiling water off stove, burns to legs, abdomen
Spilled hot water on body
April
6/4
9/4
13/4
13/4
14/4
14/4
21/4
30/4
Total: 8
18mo f
21yo f
5yo m
81yo m
6mo m
15mo f
33yo f
20mo m
Pulled boiling water – head and back
Pumpkin soup – head, chest, skin peeling
Hot water burn to right foot
Scalded from groin to knee
Teapot spilled on baby. Skin blistered on upper arms
Scalded boiling water, chest, arm, chin
Boiling water on hand
Child pulled hot noodles on to chest, hand, legs
WESTERN REGION
September
3/9
3yo female
15/9
2yo f
29/9
12mo male
28/9
20mo m
Total: 4
Cup of hot water on back
Hot coffee on hip, thighs
Hot tea on underarms
Burns from hot coffee
October
5/10
16/10
17/10
20/10
Total: 4
6mo m
31yo m
17yo m
2yo f
Boiling water on neck, back, side
Hot water from radiator on face
Spaghetti exploded in face
Burns on back from hot water
November
5/11
17/11
25/11
Total: 3
12mo m
14yo f
4yo m
Pulled hot coffee on himself, burns blistering on chest, torso
Boiling water on legs
Hot water on chest, abdomen
December
5/12
8/12
27/12
Total: 3
75yo m
2yo m
13mo m
Steam burn to hand from kettle
Burns to arm, face from hot water
Burns from hot coffee on chest, face, neck
15mo f
8yo m
42yo m
49yo f
12mo m
26yo m
Hot coffee on chest, stomach
Cup of hot tea over child
Burned leg with water
Scalds to thigh from cup of hot water
Boiling water spilled on baby
Burns to neck, chest from radiator
January
1/1
5/1
9/1
18/1
21/1
22/1
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31/1
Total: 7
14yo f
Hot oil burns
February
8/2
13/2
14/2
20/2
24/2
Total: 5
2yo f
13yo m
13yo m
3yo m
6yo f
Hot spaghetti on face
Boiling water on foot
Burns to stomach from hot water
Hot water on chest
Hot water on face, chest
March
8/3
30/3
Total: 2
3yo m
14mo m
Poured hot tea on himself, burns to stomach, arms and face
Pulled cup of hot tea on himself, burns head, arms and chest
April
14/4
14/4
17/4
18/4
23/4
23/4
26/4
Total: 7
25yo f
40yo m
24yo f
15mo m
36yo f
37yo m
65yo f
Hot oil on feet
Scald to face, stomach from radiator
Hot noodles – abdo, legs
Hot coffee on chest
Pressure cooker, person opened, face scald
Scald on face from hot water
Hot coffee on legs
* Relates specifically to calls logged under burns and does not include other categories that may involve
burns patients
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