Burns Prevention
Learn to stop burns!
The Burns Unit and Kids Health, at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, have been working with Kidsafe and the NSW Severe Burn Injury Service to produce an interactive burns prevention program. The game allows entry to a virtual home where individual rooms may be navigated to search for the potential burn dangers in everyday life.
Visit any room of the house to see and hear how burns can happen in the home. Click on the animation to learn how you can stop burns from happening. Take the quiz at the end to test yourself!
Click here to play "Learn to Stop Burns!" online.
Click here to order a copy of "Learn to Stop Burns!" on CD.
Learn to stop burns! @ SCHOOL
A teaching resource was developed to complement the "Learn to Stop Burns!" program, containing suggested teaching and learning activities. The activities allow students to work towards achieving the stage two and stage three outcomes in the Safe living strand of the K-6 Syllabus Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE).
In 2008, we piloted the program with 89 students in NSW (aged between 8-12 years), and found an 18% increase in burns prevention knowledge. Teachers reported that it was "a great unit" and the "interactive nature of the program was excellent. Plenty of suggested support resources for teachers which provided background knowledge before teaching."
This pilot was kindly funded by the Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce (GMCT).
Click here  to download a copy of the "Learn to Stop Burns!" Teacher Resource.
Click here to order a copy of "Learn to Stop Burns!" Teacher Resource and CD.
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This document was updated on Monday, 19 January, 2009.
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