PEDIATRICS Vol. 62 No. 4 October 1978, pp. 607-609
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Car Seat Burns in Infants: Avoiding Confusion With Inflicted Burns

Barton D. Schmitt M.D.1, Jane D. Gray M.D.1, and Helen L. Britton M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver

Summertime drivers commonly experience annoyance, discomfort, or even exquisite pain from hot car seats. The fact that these hot surfaces can lead to second-degree burns in young infants is less well known. The purpose of this article is to report five cases of car seat burns in children, to review the data from a brief study on peak temperatures of car seats, to offer recommendations for preventing car seat burns, to review the diagnostic criteria of car seat burns, and to examine the problem of false accusations of child abuse in these cases.

CASE REPORTS

Case 1

An 8-month-old girl was admitted to the hospital for a clinically infected bum. Three days before admission her that her left arm was red and blistered.




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