A case for early bronchoscopic airway assessment after disc battery ingestion.

Disc battery ingestion in children is becoming increasingly common with the proliferation of small battery-powered electronic devices. In the case of esophageal impaction, the likelihood and severity of complications are proportionate to the time between ingestion and removal. Tracheo-esophageal fistulae (TOF) are a recognized complication and can be life-threatening.

The morning after the night before: campfires revisited.

Even eight hours after a campfire has been extinguished with sand, it retains sufficient heat to cause a full-thickness burn with contact of one second. Because extinguishing with sand disguises the danger, this is a particular hazard for children. The only safe way to extinguish a campfire is with water.

Woodstoves uncovered: a paediatric problem.

Objectives: To document and describe the effects of woodstove burns in children. To identify how these accidents occur so that a prevention strategy can be devised.

Design, Patients And Setting: Retrospective departmental database and case note review of all children with woodstove burns seen at the Burns Unit of a Tertiary Referral Children's Hospital between January 1997 and September 2001.

Campfire burns in children: an Australian experience.

Objectives: To document and describe the effects of campfire burns on children. To identify the sources of danger contributing to such injuries, so that a prevention strategy can be devised.

Design, Patients And Setting: Departmental database and case note review of all children with campfire burns seen at the Burns Unit of a tertiary referral children's hospital between January 1999 and June 2001.

Beware the boogie board: blunt abdominal trauma from bodyboarding.

Riding waves on a bodyboard (boogie board) at the beach is popular with children. Three teenagers who sustained blunt abdominal trauma during bodyboarding are described. Two suffered lacerated livers, one a lacerated spleen.