Burns is the 2nd largest group of injuries after road accidents. It is the most severe type of injuries with high mortality & morbidity rate. The burn scenario is grave not only due to the high incidence but is also compounded by absence of organized burn care at primary and secondary health care level. Absence of stringent law regarding environmental safety, substandard manufacturing of household electric and cooking equipments and general lack of safety consciousness fail to curb this preventable menace. In addition, all statistical figures are approximate figures as there is no national data on burns and a central registry is nonexistent.
Our study aims to report the actual figures and the scenario in our institution. It was observed that major accidents occur with scalds in the morning at home. Major share of the burns is amongst 1-to-5-year age group.
It was also noted that awareness on first aid is getting better with time.
Our mortality rate & duration of hospital stay has reduced due to good medical care, better fluid management, emphasis on nutrition such protein rich Butter Milk diet given to our patients and better antibiotics management.
There is a lot of scope to prevent burns injury. We can also work towards reducing the morbidity & mortality related to burns in our country. Focus on awareness programmes based on an updated Burn data registry and better medical management can definitely improve the scenario of burn injuries in our country.
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