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Key Summary Points
1. When a child is burned, his or her life is in danger. 5. Antibiotics in burn care should be used only in preoperative
prophylaxis and in cases of established infection.
2. Burn injuries are preventable.
3. Early and appropriate management of burn injuries significantly 6. Making a list of all the potential complications each week—both
acute and long term—and taking action to prevent them would
reduces associated morbidity and mortality.
improve the outcome. Early splinting of limbs, early tangential
4. Tetanus prophylaxis must be administered to burn victims. excision and skin grafting, and physical therapy should all be
Prophylactic antibiotics are not indicated, and should not be used. instituted promptly.
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