Burns are relatively common in life, and most burns are not serious and can be treated at home or in a hospital emergency room without hospitalization. A few serious burns can be treated correctly in the first place, which also helps the doctor’s treatment and recovery. The following is a brief description of the classification of burns and the correct treatment.
Burns can be divided into Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ degrees, and their severity is precisely related to the depth of the burns.
Degree I burns are the least damaged. The burned skin is red, painful, obvious tenderness, exudation or edema. There is localized whitening when light pressure is applied to the injured area, but there is no blistering.
The Ⅱ degree burns are further divided into shallow Ⅱ degree and deep Ⅱ degree. The shallow Ⅱ degree burns have obvious local redness and swelling, blister formation of different sizes, blister skin if peeling, moist trauma surface, bright red and edematous trauma base, and obvious pain.
Deep Ⅱ degree burns have local swelling and smaller blisters. Sensation is sluggish and pain is light.
Ⅲ degree burns, also known as crusty burns, involving the entire layer of skin and even subcutaneous fat, muscle, bone and other traumatic pale or charred charcoal, no pain, no blisters, loss of sensation, tough texture like leather.
Family emergency treatment plan
1.Don’t panic.
2, Ⅰ degree burns immediately cool water rinse 15 minutes -30 minutes, prevent the injured part of the skin friction extrusion.
3, Ⅱ degree medium, small area burns (burn area < 30%), should be as soon as possible with cool water rinse the affected area for about 30 minutes, and then wrapped in a clean towel, sent to the hospital for treatment.
4, Ⅱ degree large area burns (burn area ≥ 30%) and Ⅲ degree burns should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.
5.If it contains acids and bases and organic compounds should be washed clean with plenty of water immediately.
6, occurs in the body covered by clothing parts of the burn, to be fully cool water soaked clothing, immediately remove clothing, especially clothing stained with hot tar or wet by chemical substances, so as to help prevent further burns and chemical burns, remember to move lightly when undressing, never rub the skin, if you can not take off, then immediately go to the hospital.
7, after cleaning the affected area, if the blister is not broken, do not pick it, because of poor home hygiene, broken skin may cause infection.
8, eye injury, should be cleaned with water for 5 minutes, then immediately sent to the hospital, do not casually apply other drugs, so as not to make the affected area more serious.
9.If it is a hand or foot burn, the affected limb can be lifted above the heart position.
10, with shock, respiratory distress performance, directly to the hospital in the fastest way, on the way there are conditions, it is best to give oxygen, rehydration treatment.
It is recommended that those who have one of the following conditions should preferably go to the hospital for treatment.
1.Burns on the face, hands, feet and genitals
2.Burns that are difficult to treat at home
3.Burns in which the person is under 2 years old or over 70 years old
4.Burns to internal organs
Misconceptions of burn treatment.
Putting red salve, toothpaste, soy sauce, yellow sauce, etc. on the wound: the toothpaste and soy sauce put on top of the wound are not only unhygienic in themselves, but also conducive to the growth of bacteria, and some other unsuitable ointments will also play a side effect on the wound, but make the trauma more susceptible to infection. When you get to the hospital, it will not only affect the doctor’s diagnosis of the degree of burns, but will also add unnecessary pain to the patient during the cleaning process.