We help all children who have burns, whether they are mild, medium or severe. We treat all our patients at the Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee Hospital.

Burns and fires kill about 4,500 people each year, making them the fourth most common type of accidental death for both kids and adults.

Three out of four burns that happen to children could be prevented. Sadly, more than 600 kids die each year from burns or fires.

Young children most often get burned in two ways:

• From hot liquids splashing or spilling on them
• From touching hot objects or flames

For kids under 4 years old who have to go to the hospital for burns:

• 65% were burned by hot liquids splashing or spilling
• 20% were burned by touching something hot

The most dangerous burns come from hot water from the tap. These burns send more people to the hospital and cause more deaths than burns from any other hot liquid.

The bandages we use help children in many ways. They hurt less when we change them, let kids go home sooner and leave smaller scars.

When kids stay in the hospital, we:

• Clean and take care of their wounds everyday
• Give medicine to help with pain during treatments
• Help them eat the right foods to heal
• Work with them to move their bodies
• Support their family with counseling and help getting back to school

When kids come to see us for day visits, we:

• Change their bandages
• Check for infection and make sure they’re healing
• Help prevent and treat scars
• Help them use the burned part of their body normally again
• Support their family with counseling and help getting back to school