Citation

Scarr B, Mitra B, Maini A, Cleland H. Emerg. Med. Australas. 2010; 22(1): 82-84.

Affiliation

The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01260.x

PMID

20152007

Abstract

There have been few cases of cold burn related to the exposure of liquid petroleum gas (LPG). We present the case of a young woman exposed to LPG while refueling her car who sustained partial thickness burns to the dorsum of her hand. Contact with LPG leaking from a pressurized system causes tissue damage because of cold injury. Immediate management of LPG is extrapolated from the management of frostbite. The increasing use of LPG mandates an awareness of prevention strategies and management principles in the setting of adverse events.

Language: en