TY - JOUR
T1 - Steam press hand burns
T2 - A serious burn injury
AU - Woods, Julia A.
AU - Cobb, Andrew T.
AU - Drake, David B.
AU - Edlich, Richard F.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Steam presses cause full-thickness burns when the operator's extremity is caught between the buck and the head of the steam press. Patients with serious steam press burns should be referred to a regional burn center for excision of the full-thickness burn and coverage by either a split-thickness skin graft or a flap. The safety features in steam presses that could prevent this serious injury include: (1) emergency safety releases, (2) peripheral safety bars, and (3) two-hand operator control.
AB - Steam presses cause full-thickness burns when the operator's extremity is caught between the buck and the head of the steam press. Patients with serious steam press burns should be referred to a regional burn center for excision of the full-thickness burn and coverage by either a split-thickness skin graft or a flap. The safety features in steam presses that could prevent this serious injury include: (1) emergency safety releases, (2) peripheral safety bars, and (3) two-hand operator control.
KW - burn
KW - emergency safety releases
KW - prevention
KW - safety bar
KW - steam presses
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U2 - 10.1016/0736-4679(96)00033-9
DO - 10.1016/0736-4679(96)00033-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 8782034
AN - SCOPUS:0029990591
SN - 0736-4679
VL - 14
SP - 357
EP - 360
JO - Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 3
ER -