Posts tagged Burn Injuries

• Systems Of Fire Hazard Identification - Are You Aware Of Them?

  Edward Smith | February 01, 2007 3:19 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Can you recognize a fire hazard risk? Systems of fire hazard identification are for people like you and me, who have no degree in fire fighting. There are symbols known as "hazard diamonds" drawn on vehicles, chemical bottles, storage tanks, and other fire prone areas for caution. The symbols have been designed by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), under section 704 of the National Fire...

• Burn Injuries associated with Automobiles

  Laura Mackie | December 17, 2006 8:07 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Automoible burns still account for a significant portion of hospital burn unit admissions. Despite efforts on the part of the medical community to increase consumer awareness of the dangers associated with regular use and maintenance of vehicles, burns associated with motor vehicles accounted for as much as 10% of all burn admissions to hospitals in 2006. The most common burn injuries...

• When a Welbilt Cooker isn't....

  Laura Mackie | December 04, 2006 9:35 AM | 1 CommentSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On-line retailer QVC has issued a voluntary recall of an electronic pressure cooker sold via its telemarketing channel, web page and toll-free number from March 2001 through April 2001. The cooker was sold for $120. Selling under the name "Welbilt", the pressure cooker measures 11-inches-high, 11-inches-wide and 15-inches-long and was sold in white. The recalled electronic pressure cooker was...

• Auto Accidents and Burns

  Laura Mackie | December 03, 2006 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Burn injuries are second only to motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. There are, however, instances where victims suffer injury and/or death as a result of a fire that was part of an automobile accident. The fact is, fires occur in about three out of every one thousand automobile collisions. Each year thousands of people sustain disfiguring or...

• Espresso Makers Causing Burns

  Ed Smith | November 09, 2006 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On November 8, 2006, "Espresso Express" Espresso Makers, has had to recall more than 50,000 espresso makers because they are causing burns and other injuries. What is causing these incidents? Well, apparently the machine's heating element can forcefully seperate from it's base during the brewing cycle causing the burns. It has also been reported that consumers have been hit by parts of the...

• Classsification and treatment of Burn Injuries

  Ed Smith | November 06, 2006 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Burn injuries can be caused by electricity, chemical agents, radiation or thermal sources. It's important for Doctors to classify burns by degree so that they have a working paradigm on how to treat the injury. Most people have heard of first, second and third degree burns..and believe that third degree burns are the most serious.Actually, however, there are six degrees of burns...Third Degree...

• Great book on burn injuries

  Ed Smith | November 06, 2006 4:36 PM | 2 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I just finished a wonderful book which would be a great starting place for young attorney's dealing with a burn injury case. It is called BURN UNIT and is sold on Amazon.If you are specifically interested in learning about what goes on in a burn unit or what goes on in a patient's body after they are burned, then this is an amazing book. It is very informative. The author talks about historical...