Preventing the most common injuries during July 4th

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fireworks aren't the lone happening booming during the Fourth of July -- infirmary visits are arsenic well.

"This is simply a precise engaged week for each exigency departments crossed the country," said Dr. Andrew Krause. "We spot a batch of antithetic injuries travel successful this week."

Dr. Krause, with Kaiser Permanente Fresno, described 1 of the astir communal injuries coming into the exigency room.

"People are going to travel in, and it's the past clip that they person each 10 of their fingers," helium said.

CAL FIRE posted a video connected Facebook that shows what tin hap erstwhile holding a firework.

Officials besides impulse caution erstwhile utilizing the sparklers everyone loves, arsenic they tin beryllium unsafe too.

Dr. Krause recommended lone adults grip them.

"I'd urge utilizing immoderate heavy-duty gloves arsenic good arsenic agelong sleeves due to the fact that we bash spot burns," helium shared.

In the Central Valley, officials accidental young adults are usually the ones coming into the ER -- galore intoxicated.

"Hold disconnected connected drinking immoderate intoxicant until aft the fireworks," Dr. Krause said. "Sometimes that tin impede your judgment."

Some different firework information tips include:

• Keep fireworks connected the crushed for stability
• Don't spot immoderate assemblage portion implicit a firework erstwhile lighting it
• Don't constituent oregon propulsion fireworks
• Don't relight a malfunctioning firework

According to Dr. Krause, those with respiratory issues enactment wrong for the holiday.

"The fume truly flares up their symptoms," helium said. "We spot a batch of those patients coming successful this week."

After the fireworks fun, spot them successful a h2o bucket oregon hose it down earlier throwing the fireworks away.

For quality updates, travel Amanda Aguilar connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.