[at-l] Burn First Aid Report Request {WAS Two questions for thelist - VA - Punchbowl to Tye River}

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

That was my understanding too. Just like when you wrap a meal in a cozy and 
keep it hot to keep on cooking, the damage of a burn accumulates as long as 
it stays hot. The faster and more you can cool it the less the damage. At 
least that's what I was taught.

At 02:51 PM 4/11/2004 -0400, J Bryan Kramer wrote:
>So what is the truth about cold water and first and second degree burns? The
>first aid courses I had in the military insisted cold water was the first
>treatment, as cold as you can bear. If promptly applied it might reduce the
>burn by one degree, a second to a first and a first to zero.
>
>I've used this over the years and it has always been effective. When I am
>unable to cool down a burn it always lingers longer than when I am able to
>do so. The supposed theory behind this was that the cold water chilled the
>burn area and prevented tissue damage.
>
>Of course none of this applies to third degree burns.
>
>Bryan
>
>  Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!
> >
> > Black&Blue has a brother also into trauma, complete
> > with second degree scalds to his foot. Nice trick!
> >
> > That should have been an extremely painful wound. I
> > would surprised if he got any sleep after that.
> > Putting on shoes and sock would have been pretty
> > tough, also.
> >
> > Let us know what sort of first aid he offered. I'm
> > writing down my suspicion (diaper creme or sunburn
> > lotion mixed with viscous Lidocaine wrapped in gauze
> > or a large gas permeable membrane or Saran Wrap), but
> > I'd like to know for sure. I don't recall how close
> > the water source is to that shelter, but cold water
> > would have been "cool"!
>
>
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