After being scalded by hot water, you should immediately flush cold water.
Burns immediately after blisters and obvious pain, belonging to the shallow burns, immediately take cold water or ice water to soak or rinse the wound half an hour to an hour, feel not very painful and then take off the clothes slowly, with a clean cloth to cover the wound, bandage and then sent to the hospital.
Early treatment with cold water has great benefits for the healing of wounds, the first can reduce pain; the second can reduce edema, residual heat caused by deep tissue damage; and the third can reduce the toxic substances in the wound.
If the scalded parts in the face, head and neck, perineum, etc., in addition to emergency treatment with cold water, you can also give the injured person to drink some light saline, replenish blood volume, reduce the degree of shock.
Never apply soy sauce, vinegar, alkali, toothpaste or purple potion and so on to the injured area, which not only can't alleviate the injury, but also will continue to stimulate the wound and deepen the degree of injury.
Special reminder: If the burn area is large, the degree is relatively deep, with cold water treatment may aggravate the systemic reaction, should be immediately sent to the hospital rescue.
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Misconception 1: the first time to tear off the injured person's clothes
When someone is burned, the people around may be the first time to tear off the injured person's clothes, such a method of treatment is wrong.
Because, when tearing the clothes on the injured person, the clothes will be burned with the injured person's epidermis to produce friction, especially with the skin in close contact with the sleeve, etc., and repeated tearing will further aggravate the skin damage at the scalded place, and even the scalded epidermis will be pulled off. The epidermis or blister skin of the freshly scalded skin is protective of the scalded wound.
The right way
Family members or the rescuer, while rinsing the injury with running water, should take scissors and slowly cut the clothes away to avoid friction on the wound.
Myth 2: The first time to apply toothpaste, soy sauce and other coloring substances to the burns
Family members or rescuers in the first time to apply toothpaste, soy sauce and so on to the scalded area not only does not play a therapeutic role, but may also cause infection. When you apply toothpaste and soy sauce to a burn, the toothpaste will stick and coagulate in the wound, and the soy sauce will color the wound, affecting the doctor's judgment of the depth of the wound, making it more difficult for the doctor to deal with the wound and delaying treatment.
The right way
Family members or rescuers can gently cover the wound with a clean gauze or towel soaked in cold water, or pack some ice to apply a cold compress and head to the hospital.
Myth 3: Blindly break the blisters
Blisters caused by burns may not be broken if the diameter is less than 2 centimeters; if the diameter of the blisters is larger than 2 centimeters, or the blisters are located in the joints and other places where there are frequent activities and easy to friction, the family members or the rescuers should pay attention not to break the blisters, so as not to cause a bigger wound.
The right way
Cover the wound with a clean towel or cloth as soon as possible, and go to the hospital as soon as possible for treatment by medical staff to minimize the chance of infection.
Myth 4: Send the person to the hospital immediately
It's not right to send the person to the hospital immediately after a burn. People should do some necessary treatment before sending the injured person to the hospital, as far as possible to reduce the damage caused by the burns, and then go to the hospital.
The right way
If it is a small limb burn, family members or rescuers can use clean running water to rinse or soak the injury, using cold water to treat the wound can get rid of the residual heat in the scalded skin, reduce the degree of heat damage, and make the wound cool down quickly to achieve the effect of pain relief.
If burned in other parts, can also be used in cold towels over the wound, but do not rub, and then, as soon as possible to send the injured to the hospital.
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