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Well, as we know, summer heat can make the inside of a parked car much hotter than the temperature outside. And for one teen, that heat turned a simple toy into a painful emergency. Fox 26 News reporter Myra Franco has the story and the warning after a popular toy sent one teen to the hospital. Popular squishy toys may seem harmless, but one West Virginia mother is warning others after the heat caused one to melt and burst, leaving her daughter with painful burns. Temperatures were in the 90s when it happened. Let's take a look. What started as an ordinary day for Kimmy Stags and her daughter quickly turned into a frightening situation on the road. And she's screaming, "A squishy popped on me and it's burning me."
Stags says she pulled over trying to figure out how to help her daughter as a sticky substance clung to her skin. My brother got the water hose and was trying to get it off of her legs and it just was the type of material it was and we didn't know what it was at first. It just would not come off. So, and we didn't know if it was going to cause a chemical reaction or burn. Stags rushed her 13-year-old daughter to the hospital where doctors contacted poison control. They said in that squishy it was silicone, so it wasn't anything toxic, but they said she is really blessed because it could have been a lot worse.
But Stags says she was surprised to learn this wasn't an isolated incident. They were told it was the fifth or sixth squishy incident within a week. We checked in with Fresno's Community Regional Medical Center to find out if they've seen similar cases. Burn Medical Director Nicole Kapari says, There's a new viral trend to put these squishies in the microwave. Um, and I think it just makes the toy a little bit softer and more pliable to play with. Um, we've also seen some of the burns happen from the toys being left in the car when it's really hot out.
She says if a burn does happen, run it under cold water. There is no recommendation of duration of time to an incident of cold water, um but the American Burn Association recommends about 20 minutes. So, cold water and then seek um medical care, preferably here, um where we'd be happy to take care of you. Stack says she's not telling parents to ban squishy toys, just to be more cautious and to keep them out of hot cars. She says it's the kind of thing you typically don't think about unless it happens to you, but it's a lesson she hopes other families can learn from. In studio, Myra Franco, Fox 26 News. A simple precaution that could prevent a painful accident and keep your children safe. The US Consumer Product Safety
Commission's public database shows two similar reports involving some of these squishy toys.
