Think about the following health promotion opportunities in your clinical practice related to thermal injuries:

• The importance of infection prevention and control cannot be underestimated.
• The importance of maintaining child safety to prevent secondary injuries should be communicated to the CYP/family.
• Health visitors amongst other public health workers are in a prime position to give information and advice on injury prevention to the under 5s. You may wish to explore this further when on placement specifically in relation to burn injuries.