Wilson D I, Bailie F B
Subregional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Burns. 1995 Nov;21(7):539-41. doi: 10.1016/0305-4179(95)00029-b.
Petrol (gasoline) is probably the fuel most easily available and widely in use today. Indeed, most households have a can lurking in the garden shed or basement for domestic use. It's chemical properties make it a highly explosive as well as a combustible fluid, a fact that is sometimes poorly appreciated. We looked at the incidence of petrol-related burns seen in our unit over a 2-year period. Nearly 33 per cent of the adult male admissions were petrol-related and 16 per cent were in children under the age of 16 years. The commonest cause of injury was attempting to start or accelerate a bonfire (38 per cent) with only a small number of barbecue injuries (4 per cent). Petrol causes a significant number of burn injuries a year, and particularly worrying were the number of children injured. However, we feel there is a need for greater public education and perhaps stricter control of this substance.
汽油可能是如今最容易获取且使用广泛的燃料。事实上，大多数家庭的花园棚屋或地下室里都藏着一罐以备家用。其化学特性使其成为一种极具爆炸性和可燃性的液体，而这一事实有时并未得到充分重视。我们研究了本单位在两年时间里收治的与汽油相关烧伤的发生率。成年男性入院病例中近33%与汽油有关，16岁以下儿童占16%。最常见的受伤原因是试图点燃篝火或给篝火加速（38%），只有少数是烧烤时受伤（4%）。汽油每年都会导致大量烧伤，尤其令人担忧的是受伤儿童的数量。然而，我们认为有必要加强公众教育，或许还需要对这种物质进行更严格的管控。
