Harrington W Z, Strohschein B L, Reedy D, Harrington J E, Schiller W R
Department of Emergency Medicine, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Ann Emerg Med. 1995 Nov;26(5):563-8. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70005-6.
To measure pavement temperatures over a 24-hour period to determine when patients are at risk for burns and to report cases of pavement burns with predisposing factors.
Descriptive study of pavement temperatures and retrospective case series of 23 patients with pavement burns admitted to the Maricopa Medical Center during the years 1986 to 1992.
Twenty-three patients with pavement burns serious enough for them to be admitted to the burn center.
We measured the temperatures of asphalt, cement, and other outdoor materials hourly for one 24-hour period using a thermocouple thermometer. Asphalt pavement was hot enough to cause burns from 9 AM to 7 PM during the summer months. It was hot enough to cause a second-degree burn within 35 seconds from 10 AM to 5 PM. The group of burned patients could be divided into three categories: incapacitated, restrained, and sensory deficient. All burns involved less than 13% of the total body surface area.
During summer days in the desert, pavement is often hot enough to cause burns and does so with regularity in the southwestern United States. No one should be allowed to remain in contact with hot pavement, even transiently.
测量24小时内路面温度，以确定患者何时有烧伤风险，并报告伴有易感因素的路面烧伤病例。
对路面温度进行描述性研究，并对1986年至1992年期间入住马里科帕医疗中心的23例路面烧伤患者进行回顾性病例系列研究。
23例路面烧伤严重到足以入住烧伤中心的患者。
我们使用热电偶温度计在一个24小时时间段内每小时测量沥青、水泥和其他室外材料的温度。夏季月份，沥青路面从上午9点到晚上7点温度高到足以导致烧伤。从上午10点到下午5点，在35秒内温度高到足以导致二度烧伤。烧伤患者组可分为三类：无行为能力者、受约束者和感觉缺陷者。所有烧伤面积均小于全身表面积的13%。
在沙漠地区的夏季，路面温度常常高到足以导致烧伤，在美国西南部这种情况经常发生。任何人都不应被允许与炙热的路面接触，哪怕是短暂接触。
