Epidemiology and severity of paediatric burn injuries occurring during camping and caravanning holidays.

Background: Due to its unique location, the South West England Paediatric Burns Service based in Bristol admits an interesting cohort of holiday-makers, who have sustained their burns whilst on camping and caravanning holidays.

Aim: We aimed to establish whether burns sustained during camping and caravanning holidays are more severe and require more extensive intervention compared to burns sustained in other situations.

Methods: We undertook a retrospective, observational study of admissions to the South West Paediatric Burns Service between June, and August from 2003 to 2005.