title: Mortal hot spring burns: report of two cases.
abstract: This article describes two children who received deep partial and full-thickness mortal immersion scald burns while visiting a hot spring. The prevention of such accidents is most important, including the education of children and family members on the potential hazards inherent at these resorts. In addition, elevated retaining walls with closed upper surfaces of the pools should be reconstructed to avoid children slipping accidentally into hot springs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coruh
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D045482:Hot Springs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology