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Show Durns faEio foil among ehildron There are many kitchen accidents in which the child pulled the cord of a crock pot or coffee pot or fry pan until the contents spilled on him. 51 of the flame burn injuries occurred when the children were between ages of 3 and 8. What to do In an emergency? emer-gency? Stop, Drop, and Roll, when clothing is on fire could help reduce flame burns considerably. con-siderably. Running In panic to put out the flames will cause more severe burns. A young father put his three year old son, Jeff, down for his usual afternoon nap In the basement bedroom and left. Jeff lay still for a few minutes then got up and went out to his fathers workbench. As he played with a can of paint, it fell to the floor and rolled under the water heater. Just as Jeff reached for the can, an explosion blew him against the door. His father heard the blast and rushed downstairs. The boy's unconscious body made it difficult to enter the room. The child was taken to a hospital 20 miles away and died 12 hours later of third degree burns over 80 of his body. Unfortunately, millions of homes throughout the nation hold potential for this type of tragedy. Most American families are unaware of the wide variety of burn dangers to children. Injuries can come fronr contact with hot water, electrical elec-trical cords, playing with matches near flammable material. It takes only one second of 15G degree water to give a third degree burn. Water temperature should be held between 124 and 130, which Is hot enough to do laundry, dishes and other tasks without causing a major threat to the children. |