Firecracker injury

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⚠️ Check: Is the area safe for you to approach?

Move away from fireworks. Cool burns with water. Call 112 for serious burns.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT apply turmeric, toothpaste, or butter to burns.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT pick out embedded firecracker fragments from wounds.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT let injured person drive themselves to hospital.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 for burns larger than palm, face/hands, eye injury, or blast to chest.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Describe mechanism — firecracker type if known.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Meet ambulance at safe location away from fireworks.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Eye injuries from fireworks need emergency ophthalmology care.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hand and facial burns require specialist treatment.

Know your limits: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cool burns and cover wounds. Do not remove embedded particles or treat eye injuries beyond shielding.

This helper does not contact emergency services. You must call yourself.

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