How to treat baby burns

Life in the care of the baby, there will always be accidents, such as the common “burns”, for families with children, once the wrong first aid, it is likely to cause secondary injuries. So, about the burns of self-help skills parents must master early! 1, baby scalded, immediately with flowing cold water on the affected area 5-10 minutes! The purpose is to take away the heat of the scalded area as soon as possible, reduce tissue damage can also relieve the pain caused by the scald! The so-called cold water is close to room temperature tap water, not the more icy water the better, too cold water or ice, will aggravate the skin damage, affecting the healing. Cold water flushing is the most critical step in the treatment of burns, but do not turn the water flow too high, or you may break the blisters or skin. Never trust the prescription, busy applying toothpaste, soy sauce, purple potion, etc., not only easy to cause infection, but also hinder the doctor to observe the severity of the burns, increase the difficulty of cleaning the wound. 2, cold water to enough time, the child pain relief, try to gently take off the clothes at the burn, not convenient if you cut with scissors, this practice is to avoid the temperature on the clothes did not disseminate in a timely manner, will aggravate the child’s trauma. However, sometimes the clothing will stick with the child’s skin, forcing to take off the blisters can easily break, or even tear off a piece of flesh, aggravating the injury. If the adhesion has already occurred and is not easy to remove, keep the adhesive part and only remove the surrounding clothing. 3, after the removal of clothing, in the case of trauma surface is not big or blisters did not break, you can soak in cold water for about half an hour, which can effectively reduce the damage and pain, but remember that still can not use too cold water. 4, when the scalded wound after a series of cooling treatment, you should use sterile gauze to gently wrap the trauma, do not wrap too tightly, if there is no sterile gauze, a piece of dry and clean towel and so on can also be. After all have been dealt with, you can rush the baby to the hospital, during this period of time to pay attention to the wound do not cover too tight, and do not apply anything.