What if the child is injured by firecrackers?
1. Eye injuries
Once the eyes are damaged, cover the injured eyes with clean towels or clothes and seek medical treatment immediately.
If the eyes are swollen and painful locally and there is no open wound on the skin surface, wet compress with a cold towel.
If there is a foreign body flying into the eyes, open the child’s eyelid and gently stick it out with a clean cotton swab.
2. Facial injuries
Most of these are burns. After wiping them with clean towels or clothes, rinse them with a large amount of cold water immediately, and then seek medical treatment immediately.
3. Hand and foot injuries
If it is a burn, the treatment is the same as facial injury.
If accompanied by massive hemorrhage, hemostasis should be carried out first. Tie the bleeding site near the end of the heart with a towel or cloth strip, and raise the injured site, and seek medical treatment immediately.
Common Mistakes about Firecracker Injury
1. Rub your hands when you hurt your eyes.
Don’t rub! Rubbing may cause further damage.
Don’t rinse with water! Chemicals contained in firecrackers may react with water, causing acid and alkali burns to eyes.
2. Apply [folk prescription] after scalding
After being burned by firecrackers, don’t try to smear anything on your own.
How to prevent children from being injured by firecrackers?
To prevent this injury, it is actually very simple. First, don’t let children contact firecrackers; Second, stay away from setting off firecrackers.
Fireworks and firecrackers not only have potential safety hazards, but also may aggravate smog. It is better not to let them go.