What to do after a hot water burn

Hot water burns need to take general measures to deal with, if necessary, need to be treated with medication, surgical treatment. 1. General measures: if the patient is scalded by hot water after the first degree of scalding, need to be placed in the affected area in the flow of tap water rinse for 30 minutes, if necessary, can be wrapped in a towel with ice in the local ice packs. If the patient appears shallow II degree scald need to use iodine or alcohol to disinfect the local skin, for local blisters appear rupture patients, need to use sterile gauze bandage after disinfection. 2. medication: patients with scalded parts of broken need to follow the doctor’s instructions with cefixime, cefuroxime and other antibiotics to prevent infection. For large area scalded patients with dehydration symptoms, but also need to use 5% glucose solution, 0.9% sodium chloride solution for rehydration therapy under the guidance of the doctor. In addition, some patients also need to follow the doctor’s instructions to inject tetanus antitoxin treatment. 3. Surgical treatment: if the patient appears deep Ⅱ degree scald scabbing implantation scabbing treatment, need to take the appearance of Ⅲ degree scald can take scabbing implantation scabbing treatment, in addition to the patient scalded when the seriousness of the need to take implantation treatment. It is recommended that the patient is hot water scalded need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, the doctor will choose the appropriate measures for the patient’s condition treatment.