How to do it yourself

• Step 1: Run cool, running water on burn for 10-15

minutes.

• Press a wrapped up ice pack to burn, don’t press pack

alone directly on the burn.

• Get and take a pain killer.

• Rinse burn with salt solution (salt and warm water) once

an hour.

• Rest wet, black tea bags on burn.

• Purpose: The tannic acid in tea absorbs heat from burn.

• Rub a thin layer of Aloe Vera onto Burn.

• Mix Vinegar with Water and apply to burn once an hour.

• Why Vinegar? Vinegar has disinfectant traits.

• Place Milk on burn for 15 min.

• Wash with water so the milk doesn’t spoil on your burn.

• Rub honey on the burn.

• Purpose: Kills bacteria and absorbs moisture from skin.

Why? This soothes the burn.

• Wrap the burn, may not be required for first degree

burns. Wraps help prevent infection.

• Change daily until burn has healed.

• Apply gauze and NOT Cotton.

• Reason: It will get stuck on and in the burn. Ouch.

• Step 1 Apply pressure to injury, if bleeding greatly:

• Get immediate help

• Determine severity of wound. If:

• You can see structures through the torn skin.

• Have skin torn from wound that needs to be taken off.

• The wound is deep enough to require stitches.

• Get Emergency Help

• Determine other injuries, get medical help when needed.

• Ex: If victim knocked out, suffers confusion, or has limited

joint movement.

• Let the wound bleed a little.

• Purpose: It pushes trapped dirt out of deeper parts of the

wound.

• Wash wound with water.

• Clean rim of wound with soap and wash cloth.

• If you have something stuck in the wound you may need:

• Tweezers and Alcohol

• Rub Antibiotic ointment on the wound.

• Bandage wound with loose dressing, as it keeps the

wound clean.

• It also prevents wound from oozing on clothing and

bedding.

• Change regularly so the bandage won’t stick to wound.

• Wash wound at least once a day with soap and water.

• Change from gauze dressing to moisture barrier covering

a few days after injury.

• Ex: Tegaderm dressing

• Stop covering the wound when it stops oozing.

• This occurs normally around 7-14 days of getting the

injury in moderate case.

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• http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Burn

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