Media Advisory - Six-year-old burn victim, firefighter and trauma specialist team up for Fire Prevention Week

MONTREAL, Oct. 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - In honour of fire prevention week, six-year-old major burn victim and firefighter join trauma experts at The Montreal Children's Hospital to talk prevention and launch guide for parents and families of burn victims.

Burn victim Émil Couillard and his mother Cathy Lapierre join Louise Desrosiers, Section Chief for Fire Prevention, Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal, and Montreal Children's Hospital Trauma Director, Debbie Friedman, to launch The Management of Burn Trauma in Children and Teens:  A Guide for Parents and Families.

Date:  Monday, October 7, 2013
Time:  10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Location:  Forbes-Cushing Amphitheatre, Room D-182
Montreal Children's Hospital
2300 Tupper St.

SOURCE: The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation

Kim Fraser
Senior Director of Communications
Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation
[phone] x 29267