Prehospital first aid of pediatric scald and its awareness among parents of children

Scald is prone to occur in young children.A serious scald may induce disability.As main caregivers of children,parents should not only work hard in taking effective preventive measures,but also do well in possessing adequate prehospital first aid knowledge to deal with such unintentional injury correctly.However,parents in many countries,including in China,are not well acquired with prehospital first aid knowledge for pediatric scald.This paper describes pediatric scald and its relevant first aid knowledge and its awareness among parents of children,and presents some suggestions for interventions on this issue at same time.