Fireworks are a big thing this time of year, they are used mainly for bonfire night and the new year. However, when fireworks are used for the wrong reasons or in a unsafe way it floods the A&E departments all over the UK.<\/p>\n
Plastic surgeons say the number of life-changing injuries is rising every year despite numerous safety campaigns.<\/p>\n
Senior doctors are asking for graphic images of injuries to be put on firework packaging to make a difference. It is believed that if life changing injuries are shown on packaging it may divert misuse of fireworks; this means less injuries may happen.<\/p>\n
Half of the people that were admitted to hospital due to fireworks were aged 18 or under and 80% were male.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Handling explosives\u2019 campaign is being led by the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (Bapras)<\/p>\n
Bapras president David Ward said \u201cWe are extremely concerned about the continued misuse of fireworks, particularly by those under the age of 18 away from organised events.<\/p>\n
“Although [fireworks are] packaged in a jovial, toy-like fashion, people forget that when using fireworks, they are handling explosives which can cause extremely serious injuries that may require extensive reconstructive surgery.<\/p>\n
“Bapras is calling on the government to make a common-sense change by legislating to ensure all firework packaging in the UK includes mandatory graphic warning notices, similar to those found on cigarette packaging.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year (2017), there was almost 4,500 people in England that attended A&E with injuries due to fireworks. This number is double from years 2009-10.<\/p>\n
Legally, you must be 18 or over to buy fireworks but under 18s are still accessing fireworks somehow as many of the hospital injuries are under 18s; these can be boys aged 10-14 years old.<\/p>\n
Over the past few years 350 pre-school children (some were one years old) were treated at hospital for firework injuries, it is important to stay safe when having fireworks at home too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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