Launching the activities of the awareness week for

the prevention of burns

In King Abdulaziz Medical City, the Executive Director of Medical Services in Health Affairs at the Ministry of National Guard in the Western Sector, Dr. Mansour Al-Jundi emphasized the importance of awareness-raising and its activation as a local and global strategy that health affairs pay most attention to Iman The Executive Director of Medical Services in Health Affairs at the Ministry of National Guard in the Western Sector Dr. Mansour Al-Jundi emphasized the importance of Raising awareness and activating it as a local and international strategy that health affairs pay most attention to, believing in the constructive impact of this strategy. This came during the inauguration of the activities of the awareness week for the prevention of burns 2015 under the slogan “Burns prevention is everyone’s mission”, which was organized by King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah represented by the Burns Unit in cooperation With the health awareness services, the Safety and Fire Protection Department, in the presence of officials of the medical departments and sections participating in the events at the Outpatient Center with the participation of the Civil Defense Department in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region and the medical departments and departments of King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, which are the Security and Safety Department, the National Family Safety Program, the Clinical Nutrition Department, the Control Department a Infection, the Primary Health Care Department, the Physiotherapy Department, the Wound Care Unit and the Social Service Department, and a visual presentation of burn care was presented. Instructive publications on how to prevent and care for burns were also distributed, and educational competitions were organized to teach community groups how to prevent burns and how to do first aid. Her initial.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Dr. Mamoun Daghestani, a consultant in plastic surgery and head of the burn unit, explained that 260 cases were received and treated during the four years in our burn unit, of whom 60% of the injured were children and 40% of the injured were adults, and international studies showed that 95% of deaths were from Children as well as the elderly due to burns, and studies and research have proven that most household accidents are due to ignorance of some about safe behavior, so it became necessary for us to know the danger, its causes, methods of prevention and how to deal with it, as safety is a requirement for everyone and can only be achieved by concerted efforts and consolidating concepts of public safety For all segments of society, and we have been keen in this awareness campaign to provide some important aspects that help the family in planning and training towards fire and burns prevention.

Dr. Daghestani indicated that the participating parties have made efforts to provide the largest amount of educational information, such as home safety, safety in schools and hotels, home aids for minor burns and electricity dangers, and Dr. Daghestani indicated that there are psychological and social facts about burn disease and common reactions that must be dealt with carefully. Such as denial, extreme sadness, fear and distrust, anger and a sense of guilt, poor focus and diminution, social withdrawal, and decreased motivation and desire for life, so the victim''s family should resort to specialists first, and society as a whole must be educated on how to deal with burn patients.

For his part, Dr. Muhammad Al-Qahtani, a consultant plastic surgeon, pointed out that a burn is a type of injury to the muscle tissue or the skin due to either heat, electricity, chemicals, friction or radiation, and added that burns that affect the surface layer of the skin are known as superficial or degree burns. First, when the damage reaches some layers under the skin, it is known as a partial deep burn or a second-degree burn. As for a burn that affects all layers, it is called a third-degree burn. Then Dr. Al-Qahtani explained that you should stay away from folk medicine, as it is considered unsafe and unsafe. Sterilized to be used in the treatment of burns.

Tips for burns

• Not to put ice directly on the skin because that causes damage to the skin cells.

• Do not try to clean the burns or open the blisters, because this causes infection of the burns.

• Not to put cotton, ointments, oils, or toothpaste on the burn.

• Do not try to remove clothing that is stuck to the skin, as this may lead to skin tearing.

Dr. Al-Qahtani added that you should go to the doctor if the burn area is large, and he also indicated that home care for minor burns is by applying lukewarm water for a period of 5 to 10 minutes to reduce swelling of the skin and pain, and then wrapping the affected area with sterile gauze without pressing it, and after Consult a doctor, apply a special ointment for burns and take painkillers.