There are four degrees of burns.
I degree: Redness appears on the skin.
II degree: Blisters appear on the skin.
III degree: suffer deep layers of skin
IV degree: There is a charring not only the skin, but also tissues and even bones.
And if, with I and II degrees, the victim can be helped at home, then at the III and IV degree, specialist's emergency intervention is required.
Also need to remember in what cases Ambulance is needed:
- If the burn got a little child or an elderly man;
- if the area of the burned surface is greater than 5 palms of the affected person;
- if they have suffered groin, head, nose, mouth, respiratory organs;
- if there are open wounds;
- If hand and legs are affected or two hands and two legs, joints, face and eyes.
In no case cannot:
- process the wound with vegetable, olive or any other oil or fat, cream, egg squirrel or yolk;
- process the affected seats with green, iodine, mangall or alcohol;
- to open blisters if they appeared;
- use ice to cool the skin;
- Use traditional medicine in burns (especially not to urinate on the wound). You need to urgently contact the doctor.
Olga Scholyuk, Dermatologist, Cosmetologist
Olga Scholyuk, Dermatologist, Cosmetologist
- First of all, you should free the affected place from clothes, accessories (clock, etc.) and other foreign objects. At the same time, it is unacceptable to pull clothes or tear the cloth from the wound, it is better to use scissors. With burns I and II degrees, immediately after burn, the skin is required to cool with flowing water for 15-20 minutes or attach a towel moistened in cold water. After that, the burn can be treated with an antiseptic, apply any means with panthenol and leave open. If the skin has become "wrinkle", pain, redness and swelling are expressed and blisters appeared - this is already a burn of II. It is better to lead open, if the lesion area is small. It is enough to apply anti-spoke aerosol. If the burn is above the second degree, then you must first impose a clean bandage, and then cool the skin and affected fabrics in the cool - 15-20 degrees - standing water or attach a package, water heating. If it is impossible to cool the burn with water, leave the wound open by 15 minutes so that they cooled the air. After processing the antiseptic. In all cases, after the burn, it is necessary to give the injured water. If the burn area is with palm - no less than a glass. With finger burns, overlapping a dressing, divide them gauze. The dressings should not be tight. Give the affected painkiller. Immediately call the Emergency Brigade.