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Rolin Forward · July 1 · 18 min

Summer School: Fireworks, Sparklers & Backyard Explosions

Fireworks are beautiful...but every Fourth of July, pediatric emergency departments treat thousands of preventable injuries. In this episode of Summer School: Lessons from the Pediatric ER, Drs. Alicia and Stephanie Rolin separate fireworks fact from fiction, covering sparklers, burns, eye injuries, dud fireworks, and the simple, evidence-based steps that can help your family celebrate safely. This is not intended to be medical advice and the content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of their employers or funders.

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Fireworks are beautiful...but every Fourth of July, pediatric emergency departments treat thousands of preventable injuries. In this episode of Summer School: Lessons from the Pediatric ER, Drs. Alicia and Stephanie Rolin separate fireworks fact from fiction, covering sparklers, burns, eye injuries, dud fireworks, and the simple, evidence-based steps that can help your family celebrate safely.

This is not intended to be medical advice and the content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the views of their employers or funders.