How to deal with burns? 5 care methods to make burns no longer a problem (2)

How to deal with burns?

First aid measures for burns

1. Soak in ice water

For a slightly larger burn area, it is better to soak the burnt area with ice water. Ordinary cold water washing may not achieve the desired effect. At this time, you can soak the burnt area with cold water and ice cubes, which can quickly cool down and relieve local pain. When the local burning sensation disappears, the pain symptoms will also be relatively improved, and the phenomenon of blisters caused by excessive local temperature can be avoided to a certain extent.

2. Apply burn medicine

After an accidental burn, take cooling measures first, and then apply emergency medicine. In daily life, every household should always have these medicines to ensure that they can be applied immediately after a burn to help reduce local inflammatory reactions and avoid aggravation of local adverse symptoms. General medicines for treating burns can reduce pain and achieve anti-inflammatory effects, which is helpful for the repair of burned skin tissue. Therefore, after an accidental burn, it is necessary to apply medicines for treating burns in time.

3. Rinse the burned area with cold water

If you are accidentally scalded by boiling water, if the scalded area is small, you can cool down the scalded area by flushing it with cold water. This can avoid obvious local pain or blisters to a certain extent. At this time, it is recommended that the scalded person rinse under the faucet with cold water for five minutes to reduce the burning sensation on the skin, so as to reduce the damage caused by the scald.

4. Fix the burned area

After a skin burn, if the local area of ​​the burn is large, in order to avoid obvious pain caused by accidental touch, you can cover the burned area with sterilized clean medical gauze, cotton cloth, etc. First, do a good job of local fixation, so as to avoid secondary injury. After fixation, go to the hospital immediately, and determine the severity of the burn under the doctor's diagnosis, so as to take reasonable treatment measures.