How to deal with child burns

  When taking care of babies in life, there are always times when accidents occur, such as the common “burns”, for families with children, once the wrong first aid, it is likely to cause secondary injuries. So, parents must master the self-help skills about burns early!  1, after the baby burns, immediately with the flow of cold water rushing the affected area 5-10 minutes! The purpose is to take away the heat from the scalded area as soon as possible to reduce tissue damage and also to relieve the pain from the scald! The so-called cold water is close to room temperature tap water, not the colder the better, too cold water or ice, will aggravate the skin damage, affecting healing. Cold water flush is the most critical step in the treatment of burns, but do not turn the water flow on too high, otherwise it 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 prevent doctors from observing the severity of burns, increasing the difficulty of cleaning the wound.  2, cold water to enough time, after the child pain relief, try to gently take off the clothes at the burns, not convenient, then cut with scissors, this is to avoid the temperature on the clothes is not distributed in time, will aggravate the child’s trauma. However, sometimes the clothing will stick together with the child’s skin, forcing it off is easy to break the blisters, or even tear off a piece of flesh, aggravating the injury. If the adhesion has occurred is not good off, retain the adhesion part, only remove the surrounding clothing.  3, after the removal of clothing, in the traumatic surface is not large 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 trauma after a series of cooling treatment, should be gently wrapped up with sterile gauze, do not wrap too tight, if there is no sterile gauze, a dry and clean towel, etc. can also be. After all have been dealt with, you can hurry to take the baby to the hospital, during this period, pay attention to the wounds do not cover too tightly, and do not apply anything.