title: At-a-glance, Emergency department surveillance of thermal burns and scalds, electronic Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program, 2013.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although fatality and hospitalization rates for burns in Canada have declined over time, less serious cases still commonly present to the emergency department (ED).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) is an injury and poisoning surveillance system administered by the Public Health Agency of Canada, operating in emergency departments of 17 hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, cases reported in 2013 were scalds and contact burns from hot objects. The leading direct causes of scalds were hot beverages and hot water. The leading causes of contact burns were stoves/ovens and fireplaces/accessories. While the overall proportion of burns was highest among females, males comprised a higher proportion of burns from all mechanisms except scalds.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crain
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McFaull
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.|Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Do
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult