If it caused a burn of boiling water: treatment

Burning with boiling water is not a rare phenomenon. As a rule, such situations are of a household nature. How to behave in such a trauma, what to do, and how the first aid for burns turns out , let's try to figure it out.

Degrees of burns

To provide first aid and further treatment, one must understand and distinguish the degree of burns. There are 4 degrees of burns in total.

1 degree has the following symptoms: the injured place swells up, turns red, small bubbles appear on the skin with a clear liquid inside.

2 degree has signs: bubbles can be opened, and a scab begins to form.

3 degree has signs: the burn is deep, down to the muscles. Presence of opened blisters and a scab.

4 degree has symptoms: a burn even deeper than at grade 3. He can reach the bone.

If it provoked a burn of boiling water: treatment

A home first-aid kit with dressings and properly provided help will help to avoid the development of shock, reduce the burn area, prevent infection and help a speedy recovery.

So, if you provoked a burn of boiling water, the treatment is carried out in the following sequence. And the following instructions apply to any degree of damage.

1. The first help in burning boiling water is that you need to lower the affected area for 15 minutes in a dish with cold clean water or put it under a thin stream of running water. Thus, it will be possible to prevent the deepening of the wound and normalize the blood supply to the affected area of the skin. It turns out that after the burn with boiling water the skin remains hot enough, plus there are drops of boiling water on it. If the wound is not immediately cooled, the burn will go deeper, although the eyes can not see the process. Thus, the burn can develop from 1 to 2 degrees, and so on.
2. If it provoked a burn of boiling water, treatment After cooling the affected area should be carried out as follows. On the patient site you need to apply the gel "Solcoseryl" (it should always be kept in the medicine cabinet) and bandage with a sterile dry bandage. In addition to this gel, ointments, creams, aerosols and lotions of the Panthenol line are good.
3. If the burn occurred not at home, and at hand there are no auxiliary materials, you just need to put a dry bandage, making a bandage from improvised means.
4. In a situation of extensive damage, the burned arm or leg should be fixed by placing a tire from improvised materials.
5. If a boil of boiling water provoked, treatment of 1 or 2 degree burns with extensive lesion or 3 and 4 degrees, even with a minimal lesion should be performed by a doctor. Therefore, immediately call an ambulance.
6. In newborns, even light burns should be treated by a doctor, otherwise the general condition of the baby may worsen, and even a shock is possible.
7. A long-term non-healing thermal burn should be examined by a physician.

Steam burn

Burn the steam is very simple, for example from a boiling kettle. The degree of burn is determined by the area and intensity of the lesion.

1 degree: slightly reddens and swells the skin, itching is possible. 1 degree is treated at home.
2 degree: the formation of bubbles with a clear liquid. Already it is necessary to show a burn to the doctor.
3 degree: the skin exfoliates or dies, nerve endings are destroyed, not only the skin is damaged, but also fatty tissue, and muscle, and even bone. Treatment - in the hospital.

If the burn happened through clothing, then first the area of the affected body should first be cooled under cold water and only after that to take off your clothes. In severe lesions, a clean dry bandage is applied and an ambulance is called. For minor damage after cooling, lubricate the damaged area with an antiseptic agent, but alcohol can not be used! Apply ointment from burns and bandage. The dressing should be changed twice a day.

Do not touch the burn with hands or clothes, do not rub the ointment! Take care of yourself and your loved ones!