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How to prevent burns: kitchen, geyser, child and Diwali cracker safety - the Indian household checklist.
Most burns are preventable - they come from ordinary routines done carelessly. Kitchen, bathroom and festival season are where Indian burns happen; here is the honest checklist.
Diwali burns are a yearly Indian epidemic: light crackers one at a time at arm's length with an agarbatti, never in the hand, never relight a dud, keep water buckets out, wear cotton, supervise children absolutely. An eye injury from a cracker is an emergency - no rubbing, cover lightly, hospital.
The classics built burn prevention into daily conduct: respect for fire as a force (agni's power to protect and to harm), kitchen discipline, and seasonal restraint. The modern word is situational awareness - most burns happen in a distracted second.
Handles in, synthetics off, children out of the frying zone, geyser at 50, crackers at arm's length with water ready, and never water on an oil fire: six habits prevent most Indian burns.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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