Our desire is to draw the attention of the wider public to the safety of children during the pre-Christmas and New Year festive period, as it is a crucial aspect of modern life, and burns in children remain a significant public health challenge. They occur in various ways: most often in the parental home from hot liquids and objects, and outside the home from pyrotechnics and high-voltage electricity.
Burns are among the most common causes of injury in children. In Croatia, more than 3,000 children and young people are treated annually for burn injuries and their consequences. Boys are represented twice as much as girls. Around 250 children are hospitalised each year in Croatian hospitals, with the majority of children, as well as all those with severe burns, treated at the Trauma Reference Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia at the Children's Hospital in Zagreb. On average, 4 children die each year as a result of burns, and 11 suffer severe bodily injury.
Young children are particularly susceptible to burn injuries. The treatment of children with severe burns is often associated with a greater number of surgical procedures and prolonged hospital stays, which always leaves both functional and aesthetic consequences as well as adversely affecting the mental health of the child and the entire family.
Nevertheless, the dedicated work of all members of the multidisciplinary team at the Childhood Trauma Reference Centre of the Children's Hospital in Zagreb, of which the Burn Centre is an important part, along with the application of new surgical techniques that complement the doctrinal approach to treatment, the availability of new materials and equipment for treatment, and excellent intensive care for children with the most severe burns over many years has positioned this segment of our paediatric medicine at the very top in Europe.
Our traditional active participation in the observance of 07.12 – International Day of Awareness of Burns in Children fits into the preventive programmes of the Children's Surgery Clinic and its Trauma Reference Centre for Children, the Croatian Burns Society of the HLZ, and is simultaneously part of the international European project of the
Our desire is to draw the attention of the wider public to the safety of children during the pre-Christmas and New Year festive period, as it is a crucial aspect of modern life, and burns in children remain a significant public health challenge. They occur in various ways: most often in the parental home from hot liquids and objects, and outside the home from pyrotechnics and high-voltage electricity.
Burns are among the most common causes of injury in children. In Croatia, more than 3,000 children and young people are treated annually for burn injuries and their consequences. Boys are represented twice as much as girls. Around 250 children are hospitalised each year in Croatian hospitals, with the majority of children, as well as all those with severe burns, treated at the Trauma Reference Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia at the Children's Hospital in Zagreb. On average, 4 children die each year as a result of burns, and 11 suffer severe bodily injury.
Young children are particularly susceptible to burn injuries. The treatment of children with severe burns is often associated with a greater number of surgical procedures and prolonged hospital stays, which always leaves both functional and aesthetic consequences as well as adversely affecting the mental health of the child and the entire family.
Nevertheless, the dedicated work of all members of the multidisciplinary team at the Childhood Trauma Reference Centre of the Children's Hospital in Zagreb, of which the Burn Centre is an important part, along with the application of new surgical techniques that complement the doctrinal approach to treatment, the availability of new materials and equipment for treatment, and excellent intensive care for children with the most severe burns over many years has positioned this segment of our paediatric medicine at the very top in Europe.
Our traditional active participation in the observance of 07.12 – International Day of Awareness of Burns in Children fits into the preventive programmes of the Children's Surgery Clinic and its Trauma Reference Centre for Children, the Croatian Burns Society of the HLZ, and is simultaneously part of the international European project of the
