Citation

Woods JA, Cobb AT, Drake DB, Edlich RF. J. Emerg. Med. 1996; 14(3): 357-360.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8782034

Abstract

Steam presses cause full-thickness burns when the operator's extremity is caught between the buck and the head of the steam press. Patients with serious steam press burns should be referred to a regional burn center for excision of the full-thickness burn and coverage by either a split-thickness skin graft or a flap. The safety features in steam presses that could prevent this serious injury include: (1) emergency safety releases, (2) peripheral safety bars, and (3) two-hand operator control.

Language: en