How are burns prevented and treated?

Burns from boiling water and hot oil, or even gas explosions and accidental fires often occur in daily life and industrial production. In recent years, such tragedies have often been seen in various media, causing various problems for the patients themselves, their families and society. While actively preventing tragedies, how to reduce patients’ pain and burn sequelae – minimizing the psychological, life and work stress caused by burn deformities and scars, so that they can get out of the shadow of the disease and return to normal life as soon as possible – is a topic of concern for all patients, their relatives and doctors. The effectiveness of burn treatment largely depends on the area, depth, age, whether combined with inhalation burns, compound injuries, and so on. However, whether the first aid and early treatment is timely and correct also plays a vital role. Inadequate early treatment can result in long-lasting burn wounds, which may aggravate scar growth, contracture and dysfunction; proper early treatment can prevent burn sequelae or reduce their extent.