What to do with a child scalded by boiling water

Children scalded by boiling water can be treated with medication, surgery and general measures.
1. General measures: after boiling water scalded children, parents should let children leave the hot area in a timely manner, after which you can use water to rinse the wound, use scissors to cut the scalded epidermis clothing and immediately sent to the hospital for treatment.
2. medication: can be under the guidance of the doctor for rehydration therapy, and then can be given piperacillin and other drugs anti-infective treatment, the local can use compound polymyxin B and other drugs anti-infective treatment.
3. Surgical treatment: if the child scalded with scab scorching, pain sensation disappears, no blood supply and other manifestations, often belongs to the third degree scald. In this case, after rehydration, anti-infection, but also need to carry out surgical treatment, mainly for cutting scabs, chipping scabs, skin grafting and other surgical methods.
When a child is scalded by boiling water, parents should take the child to the doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.