Citation

Weaver AM, Himel HN, Edlich RF. J. Emerg. Med. 1993; 11(4): 397-402.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8228101

Abstract

Tap water scald burns are common injuries to persons with disabilities, young children, and the elderly. A case is reported of an elderly woman with a physical and neurological handicap who while bathing received partial and full thickness (tap water) scald burns covering 20% of her total body surface area. This life-threatening injury could have been prevented with a temperature-controlling water valve.

Language: en