The objective of the work was to verify or rule out the hypothesis on the negative effect of incorrect prehospital and primary hospital care on the maturation of scars after thermal injuries with a depth of II.b or more. In a medium-term study the authors investigated the maturation of scars in children aged 3 months to 12 years with different quality of treatment during lay first aid, during prehospital and primary hospital care. They focused attention in particular on the formation of hypertrophic scars and possibly other complications during the functional and aesthetic stabilisation of the scar.

        Klíčová slova: scar maturation, burns medicine, prehospital care, lay first aid, thermal injury, hypertrophic scar