Burn with boiling water is not so rare. As a rule, such situations are of a domestic nature. How to behave with such an injury, what to do, and how first aid is provided for burns, let's try to figure it out.
Burn levels
For first aid and further treatment, you need to understand and distinguish between the degrees of burns. There are 4 degrees of burns in total.
1 degree has the following symptoms: the injured area swells, turns red, small bubbles appear on the skin with a clear liquid inside.
2 grade has signs: blisters may break open and a scab begins to form.
3 degree has signs: the burn is deep, down to the muscles. The presence of broken blisters and a scab.
4 degree has symptoms: the burn is even deeper than at 3 degrees. It can go down to the bone.
If provoked a burn of boiling water: treatment
A home first aid kit with dressings and the right assistance will help avoid shock, reduce the burn area, prevent infection and help speedy recovery.
So, if boiling water provoked a burn, treatment is carried out innext sequence. Moreover, the following instructions are suitable for any degree of damage.
- First aid for a burn with boiling water is that you need to lower the affected area for 15 minutes in a bowl of cold clean water or substitute it under a thin stream of pouring 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 a burn with boiling water, the skin remains quite hot, plus drops of boiling water remain on it. If the wound is not immediately cooled, the burn will deepen, although the process cannot be seen with the eyes. Thus, the burn can develop from 1st to 2nd degree, etc.
- If boiling water provoked a burn, treatment after cooling the affected area should be carried out as follows. Apply Solcoseryl gel to the affected area (it should always be kept in the first aid kit) and bandage with a sterile dry bandage. In addition to this gel, ointments, creams, aerosols and lotions of the Panthenol line help well.
- If the burn did not occur at home, and there are no auxiliary materials at hand, you just need to apply a dry bandage, making a bandage from improvised means.
- In a situation of extensive damage, a burned arm or leg must be fixed by applying a splint from improvised materials.
- If boiling water provoked a burn, treatment of a 1st or 2nd degree burn with an extensive lesion or 3rd and 4th degrees, even with a minimal lesion, should be carried out by a doctor. Therefore, immediately call an ambulance.
- Newborns even have mild burnsshould be treated by a doctor, otherwise the general condition of the baby may worsen, and even shock is possible.
- A thermal burn that does not heal for a long time should be examined by a doctor.
Steam burn
It's very easy to get burned by steam, 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. Grade 1 treated at home.
2 Grade: Blistering with clear fluid. It’s already worth showing the 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 clothes, then first the area of the affected body must first be cooled under cold water and only then take off the clothes. In case of severe damage, a clean, dry bandage is applied and an ambulance is called. In case of minor damage after cooling, lubricate the damaged area with an antiseptic, but not with alcohol! Apply ointment for burns and bandage. The bandage should be changed twice a day.
Do not touch the burn with your hands or clothes, do not rub the ointment! Take care of yourself and your loved ones!
