By Belinda Cleary For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 08:47 EDT, 28 October 2021 | Updated: 08:47 EDT, 28 October 2021

Parents have been issued a dire warning about the dangers of their children enjoying local playgrounds as summer closes in. 

Paediatric nurses from CPR Kids shared worrying images which show burns on the bottom of a youngster's feet after they used playground equipment without shoes. 

The photo shows large, popped blisters below the big and second toes. 

Parents are being warned about the dangers of their local playground as the mercury begins to rise - particularly if they let their children play without shoes on - pictured healing burns

The nurses explained a surface temperature of more than 50C can be dangerous for children. 

They said temperatures in playgrounds often soar way past that and on a summer day where the air temperature is 33C, the surface temperature of playground equipment can be up to 105C. 

'It's not uncommon to see a parent at the park check the slide that is sitting in the sun, to find it is scorching hot,' the CPR Kids team wrote.

'A child is at risk of a burn when a surface exceeds 50C and when the skin is heated to 45C for a prolonged period. At surface temperatures greater than 50C, tender young skin can be burned severely within seconds and may require surgery.'

In the post the team of health professionals eluded to other 'heat-related' illnesses they would be warning parents of before summer.

And people appeared to be listening, with some sharing their own stories.

Another woman shared this picture of burns to her son's foot after a day fishing off the rocks, highlighting the importance of shoes everywhere not just in playgrounds

Surface temperattures in parks can quickly rise with rubber flooring and synthetic turf often measuring over 90C - anything over 50C is considered too dangerous for children

'As a teenager I burned all the skin off my bum on a hot slide, talk about pain,' one woman wrote on the post.

While another explained her children had similar blisters on their feet after playing on rocks near the water last summer.

'Looks like my feet when I played netball in high school bare foot on the hot court,' added a third, tagging her friend. 

A mum said she always checks the metal part of a seatbelt before putting her children in the car, for the same reason.

While another said she now checks the temperature of water coming out of her hose after seeing a baby scalded by piping hot water.

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