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How To Treat Minor Burns & Scalds

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How To Treat Minor Burns & Scalds

Treat Minor Burns & Scalds. Be prepared for household accidents. Our guide will show you a quick and effective method to reduce discomfort and aid healing. Treat Minor Burns & Scalds. Be prepared for household accidents. Our guide will show you a quick and effective method to reduce discomfort and aid healing.

Step 1: You will need

Step 2: Soothe with cold water

Now help the person hold their injured limb under running cold water for at least 10 minutes. This will ease the pain by helping to cool the injury and keep the skin well hydrated. If there is no water to hand, try cold canned drinks, milk or any other harmless non-flammable liquid.

Step 3: Make the person comfortable

Make the injured person comfortable. If possible, help them to sit down at a table where you can put your first aid supplies.

Step 4: Wash hands thoroughly

Now, using soap, wash and dry your hands thoroughly and put on a pair of disposable gloves if available

Step 5: Remove jewellery or restrictive garments

Remove any jewellery, watches, belts or restrictive clothing from the injured area in case of swelling
If blisters develop be careful not to burst them

Step 6: Apply burn cream

Read the instructions carefully before applying the burn cream. If there are any blisters be careful not to burst them, as this might cause an infection.

Step 7: Apply dressing

Cover the injured part with a non-stick sterile dressing to help stop infection. If there is blistering, make sure the dressing extends well beyond the edges of it.

Step 8: Apply bandage

Next bandage the dressing loosely in place. Watch VideoJug film ‘how to apply a roller bandage' for the full technique.

Step 9: Check circulation

Once you have finished, check the circulation of the injured limb by pressing on one of the nails or skin of the hand until it becomes pale. Then release, and if the colour does not come back within 2 to 3 seconds, then circulation is likely to be impaired and the bandage too tight.
Take the bandage off, if this doesn't improve circulation, remove all restrictive bandaging, hold dressings in place and immediately seek medical advice.

Step 10: Seek medical advice

You should seek medical advice if you are worried about the severity of the burn. Be aware that when any skin is burned away there is an increased risk of infection which may develop at any point before the wound is fully healed

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  1. jmartin121

    This is a great video on first aid for burns. I saw a new site on burns and burn management which might be helpful to you guys, check it out!! http://asktheburnsurgeon.blogspot.com/

  2. bayles2006

    bill1usmc is right, you should focus on cooling the burn and never ever use burn creams or ointments as they just trap the heat and gets scraped of when you get to hospital. You should also ALWAYS go to hospital if the burn is bigger than a 50 pence piece (about 40mm)

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  6. bill1usmc

    Step #1 should be: immediately cool the burn area with what ever is available. Ice and water work best but you need to cool the area rapidly. What you may not realize is a burn continues burn even after you remove it from the heat source. With all burns the number one thing to do is rapidly cool the area. This will stop further damage to nerves and tissue and helps reduce the pain of affected nerves. NEVER use ointments or oils or things like butter to treat a burn. They only further the damage by trapping in the heat. Ointments should only be used for healing and not immediate treatment. Remember COOLING a burn is the most critical element in treating a burn.

  7. kAMBIZ

    use a row petatos slice them and leav them on the top of burnd skin it helps to heal

  8. ksulli

    I took a pan with hot oil ( olive oil) out of the oven using a cloth. The pan tipped a bit toward me and some of the hot oil poured on me. I immediately felt pain (and I thought olive oil was good for you!). My wrist stung so sharply that I thought I was going to go to the hospital. I immediately shook my hand as to shake some of the pain out. I then came to my senses and soaked my wrist under cold water. I thought 30 seconds to a minute might suffice. It did feel much better. But the stinging pain ( not as much 0 came back within 10 minutes.) I applied another minute under cold water and Noxema and right now it's still stinging. Then, I looked at this website and video and may apply mre water and a dressing ( after the fact - hindsight is 20/20). No Blisters yet, just redness and stinging. Thanks for the advice of this website video just the same. ( And I thought

  9. Anonymous

    My daughter just burned her fingers on both hands by moving a hot Breville toaster. She's put them under the hot water for over half an hour, but they are starting to blister. After logging on to your website I will now bandage her fingers to stop the stinging. thank you

  10. Anonymous

    Me again I did not put a dressing or anything on the burn either have I completly screwed up?