How to deal with burns?

Everyone has experienced burns more or less. Scalding is a situation that is often encountered in life. Many people don’t know how to deal with skin after being burnt. Some misunderstandings of burns, then the following small series will come to you. Introduce the emergency treatment of skin burns.


How to deal with burns


1. Rinse the wound with tap water. Regardless of the burn, we should reduce the skin temperature and reduce further damage. Washing with water can also help us reduce the pain. The wound did not break open and invaded for about 10 minutes. If you break open, you can't invade and prevent infection. If the burned area is too large, the entire body should be invaded in the bathtub. You can also use a towel to apply water to a place that cannot be rinsed with water.


2, do not take off the clothes in an emergency, so as not to tear the blisters after the burn, you can first rinse with water to cool down, and then carefully undress.


3, the correct treatment of blisters, if there is blisters in the burns, do not break the specific analysis of the specific problem, generally do not break, so as not to leave scars, but sometimes blisters larger or at the joints where the damage is more likely to break the blisters need Use a sterile needle to puncture. If the blisters have been broken, use a sterile cotton swab to dry the liquid flowing around the blisters.


4, bandage with gauze, apply some ointment to the burn, gauze wrap, after a few days to see if there is any improvement, continue to apply some ointment. If you find an infection at the wound, look for a doctor.


5, protect the wound, the burn should avoid direct exposure in the sun, the wound after the bandage should not touch the water, the burned parts should not be too active, so as not to rub the wound and gauze, increase the healing time of the wound.


6. When the third-grade burn is taken, if the burn is too serious, it should be covered or exposed with clean gauze before reaching the third-grade burn, and then quickly sent to the hospital for medical treatment. Do not apply the medicine on the wound surface.


Burns


Once injury, scald only damage the surface of the skin, local mild redness, no water bubble, obvious pain, should immediately remove the clothing socks, the wound into the cold water dipping for half an hour, and then rub the wound with sesame oil, vegetable oil.


Second injury, scald is dermal damage, local redness and pain, there are blisters of different sizes, large blisters can be used to sterilize the edge of the blisters to release water, coated with scald cream, and tightly tightened.


Three-degree injury and burns are subcutaneous, fat, muscle and bone are damaged, and they are gray or reddish brown. At this time, the wound is wrapped in clean cloth and sent to the hospital in time. Do not apply purple syrup or cream on the wound surface to affect the observation and treatment of the disease.


In severely injured or scalded patients, shock or breathing or heartbeat may occur during the transfer. Artificial respiration or chest external cardiac massage should be performed immediately. When the casualty is polydipsia, a small amount of hot tea or light salt water can be taken. It is impossible to drink a large amount of boiling water in a short time, and the injured person has cerebral edema.


Water and fire burns


The principle of water and fire burn treatment is to first remove the heat source, quickly leave the scene, use various fire-fighting methods, such as water immersion, water drenching, tumbling on the spot, immediately remove or cut the wet clothes, water, and soak the limbs in cold water. Medium until the pain disappears. You can also cover the wound with a wet towel or bed sheet and spray cold water up. Don't break the blisters.


Water and fire burns can be divided into one-degree burns (erythetic, reddened skin, and hot tingling), second degree burn (bubble, blisters in the affected area), third degree burn (necrosis, skin peeling). For mild burns on a small area, it can be treated at home. After cleaning the wound, it can be coated with Jingwanhong and MEBO moisturizing burn cream. For large-scale burns, it is advisable to send them to the hospital as soon as possible.

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