Didn't take toddler to hospital for burn

[Anon171880]

My 2 year old spilt my tea on his tummy the other day, the tea was knocked over on the table and spilt on to his vest. He cried for a few seconds, I ran him under cold water and there was no blistering just a bit of redness and he was absolutely fine in himself other than him being poorly.
I didn't take him to A & E because it didn't look bad and it wasn't bothering him. Now it looks like a graze or something, slightly scabbed.

Nursery called and asked about it and I told them what happened but now I'm panicking.

It mostly likely did not need hospital attention.

Burns / scalds look horrific as they heal.

A&E would have been unnecessary stress for you both.

"Now it looks like a graze or something, slightly scabbed", It looks like a graze in a weird place to get a graze. Hands, knees, even head would usually hit the floor first. That will lead them to think maybe it's a graze from being hit. However now they know it's from a burn, in a very usual place for a child to accidently burn themselves, they won't be worried, unless it keeps happening.

They have a duty of care to report to SS I think (don't shoot me MN if I am wrong). My son fell off a stool in a caravan park when he was about 2/3, he caught his back on the seat when he slid off and got a carpet burn on his back. I explained to the nursery what had happened when I dropped him off, but they went ahead and called SS anyway. They rang me, we had a chat and i received a letter a few weeks later stating no further action.

Thank you for your replies, it makes me feel a lot better.

I forgot to even mention it this morning as he gets upset when I drop him off but of course I wasn't trying to hide anything. He has nappy changes at nursery so of course they would see it.

He's an ex preemie who spent months in hospital and over a year on oxygen. He gets coughs a lot and nursery sent him home the other week because of his cough and asked if I could get him checked out for that. To us, his parents, we are used to him picking up viruses often just sometimes nursery make me feel as though I should be taking him to get checked out every time he gets poorly or hurts himself

what size is the burn area, out of interest?

I once rushed my 3 year old to A&E with burns from tea - it was a total overreaction on reflection!

First aid at home is a thing. Not every minor injury needs hospital treatment. The nursery were right to notice and phone, but I can't imagine they were concerned by your answer? They need to log these things in case they start noticing a pattern.

Nursery/school tell you to get him checked out to cover their own backs too. I’ve picked my child up at ordinary end of day time to be told ‘he bumped his head at break time (ie about 4 hours ago), we gave him an ice pack but we advise you seek medical attention’. Obviously this is ridiculous & they are just covering their own backs…

@bigkidatheart they said they will write it down but yes I was worrying that they are going to contact SS.

@ChocolateTruffleAssortment it's hard to say, the scanning isn't like one big patch, it's more like a couple of streaks.
What happened at A & E?

I wouldn’t dwell too much on it. My son fell out of his sisters bed once (he was 4 and she had a cabin bed, I’d taught him how to safely use the ladder but didn’t anticipate he’d throw himself off the side) and grazed his chest on a toy he’d been playing with. I told nursery and showed them the scratch and nothing was ever said other than the fact they offered me a cup of tea as I was still quite shaken that it had happened.

How big is it? Did you tell nursery about it?

Not much happened at A&E as far as I recollect.

a few days later she swallowed a coin and I took her to A&E then too, so then got an unannounced visit from the Health Visitor as we had had two visits in quick succession plus had attended different A&Es - which apparently can be a red flag. Nothing happened as a result of that!

On my first aid course we were taught that if a burn is the size of the casualty's palm or larger, go to A&E. But this was in the 90s so it might have changed.

You're fine. They're just following procedure - sounds like a great nursery!

My son fell off his bike on the way to nursery once and had a massive shiner, they asked him what happened without us around, asked us to corroborate the story. Since we both said the same thing, no further action. If we had had different stories, they might have referred to social services

They write it down so that they can see if there is a pattern.

I would have told nursery to cover yourself but come on, he did not need A&E. You have him appropriate first aid at home and he is fine.

Thanks so much everyone, guess I'm just panicking I did the wrong thing but you've all reassured me that a & e wasn't necessary