Many parents feel that their child’s burns are a small probability event, but in fact, burns have always had a relatively large proportion in the emergency room, so I’d like to introduce you to knowledge about burns for your reference today. Once the baby really happens to be scalded, the poopers can also be the first time to minimize the damage.
The three levels of burns
Once the baby is scalded, if the degree is third degree burns need to be sent to the hospital immediately, if the first and second degree burns, can be sent to the hospital before the clinical first aid principles for burns “flush, off, bubble, cover, send” treatment.
1.Flush
First, flush the injured surface with running water for about 30 minutes to allow the heat to dissipate sufficiently to reduce the damage to the deep tissue.
Note: the water flow should not be too fast, the water should be cold, but not too cold, so as not to frostbite; face or forehead burns, can not rinse with cool water, use several towels in turn for wet compresses; do not apply toothpaste, soy sauce, sesame oil, baking soda, purple potion, etc. in the wound.
2.Take off
When the burns are covered with clothes, take them off or cut them with scissors; if the clothes and skin are stuck together, previously remove the unstuck clothes.
Note: Do not pull hard on the sticky parts to avoid aggravating the area of burns, to be handled at the hospital.
3.Bubble
The pain is obvious, you can continue to soak the injured area in cold water for 15 to 30 minutes.
Note: the injury has been blistered and broken, do not soak to prevent infection.
4.Cover
To reduce external pollution, after rinsing and cleaning, sterile gauze, towels or clean clothes can be used to wrap the child’s injury and gently fixed.
5.Send
After completing the above steps, the injury is more serious or uneasy immediately take the child to the hospital.
Four kinds of wrong treatment of scalding burns
1, at home to deal with any stage do not feel free to use folk remedies, such as applying toothpaste, soy sauce, sesame oil, soda, pot ash, purple potion, etc., one will cover the wound, affect the doctor’s judgment, and the second is easy to produce infection.
2, do not use ice water or ice on the wound, will aggravate the skin tissue damage, is not conducive to subsequent healing.
3.If a blister appears after a burn, do not pick it out by yourself to avoid infection, it is recommended to go to the hospital.
4.If the child has a fever and the injured surface is accompanied by purulent discharge, it means that it has been infected and should be treated at the hospital in time.
Preventive measures for burns
1, to the child bath, bath tub first put cold water, and then hot water, to determine the appropriate temperature before the baby into the bath tub.
2.Do not put hot water bottles, rice cookers, hot pots, and water cups where the child can reach them.
3, do not place tablecloths on hot containers to avoid splashing hot liquid from overhead when the child pulls the table step.
4, adults working in the kitchen, especially when serving hot water hot soup, do not let children close.
5.When using heating equipment in winter, take precautions.
6.Educate children not to play with fire, and teach them fire and first aid common sense to older children.
Parents should not be nervous about their children’s burns, so as not to get too busy. Remember the mantra of burns “punch off bubble cover send”, you can minimize the damage. Of course, the most important thing is to prevent the problem before it happens. As parents, we are obliged to be the umbrella for our children.