title: Causes and treatment of burns from grease.
abstract: A large number of burns are sustained every year as the result of kitchen grease. A review of a 13-month period at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, revealed 60 cases (9.4% of acute burn admissions). Forty-five (75%) of these patients were adults and 25% were children. There were 23 females and 37 males. Forty-two percent of the adults and 33% of the children had some percentage of third-degree injury. The average total body surface area burn in adults was 5.9% and in children 6.3%. There were no deaths in this series. Burns usually occurred as the result of scalds with grease while cooking. Spilling grease on children in the kitchen was a frequent problem. Burns due to ignition of grease was also a cause of injury. Most of the injuries were potentially preventable, and therefore the importance of burn appropriate safety programs is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Joseph M. Still Burn Center, Doctors Hospital, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fiebiger
authors.forename: Faye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Whitmire
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Still
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003296:Cooking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003646:Debridement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009821:Oils
chemical_list: D009821:Oils