EADG wrote:Plus those beers probably didn't hurt either....
I would have drunk them, every ten minutes I just hate those bloody pans, and have thrown them all out! I sympathise with your agony and well done that you did the right thing in double quick time, it could have been worse!I then ended up clutching cold cans of beer (again changing every 10 mins),
Hi JR8, I am sorry to hear about your burn and I hope that you are healing well now...So, take note if this happens to you, or if you are parents. No rubbing on butter, or Colgate (the SGn cure), get it immediately as cold as possible and keep it that was for many hours (in my case about 10), the recuperation from the excruciating pain has been nothing short of miraculous.
At first you need to cool it down as quickly as possible to stop the heat damage progressing. Later you want generally two things - to have oxygen access (so no butter, no heavy fatty ointments etc.) and to prevent infection. Low temperature gives you some comfort and inhibits the growth of bacteria and there is plenty of Oxygen in fresh water so probably the right combination Alternatively you may also use some hydrogel dressing that do similar thing (plus they contain antiseptics and minimize potential scars) except of the cooling part. Get well JR8.JR8 wrote: Speaking with my sister (career staff-nurse/matron) she said I did exactly the right thing. Immediate and continuous coldness. She treated her own daughter (my niece) by making her clutch a bag of frozen peas for 4 hours. She added that if I had not have done what I did, it is quite possible I might have needed skin grafts.
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