Citation

Chen HA, Yu YC, Chang CJ. Emerg. Med. J. 2024; 41(7): 428-445.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/emermed-2023-213740

PMID

38901882

Abstract

Clinical introduction

A girl aged 5 years presented to the ED with oral wounds after putting the end of a low-voltage (110 V) household appliance electrical cord in her mouth. She felt an immediate burning pain in her mouth and circumoral numbness. She had tongue protrusion and drooling, with normal observations. ...

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Child; Male; airway; burns; *Burns, Electric/etiology/complications; Mouth/injuries; pediatric emergency medicine