Today is Pancake Day and you may have some fun family activities planned including making, cooking and flipping the pancakes. It is important to remember badly flipped pancakes and hot pans can lead to burns so please see the below advice of what to do in case anyone does suffer a burn.
Follow these steps below:
1. Cool the burn.
Use cold running water for a full 20 minutes (immediate cooling is best but is still beneficial even 3 hours after the burn.)
Avoid hypothermia- cool the burn but warm the rest of the body.
2. Remove jewellery and loose clothing.
Do this very gently and carefully, before the area starts to swell. DO NOT remove anything that is stuck to the burn.
3. Cover the burn.
Cover the cooled burn with a dressing that will not stick. Cling film is ideal (discard the first two turns of the film and ‘lay’ it on the burn, don’t wrap it around.) Alternatives include a new plastic bag, a low-adherent dressing, or a clean lint free cloth. Do not use cling film on the face.
NEVER rely on ‘burn dressings’ to cool a burn- use cold water for 20 minutes.
If the burn appears severe call 999 for emergency help.
NEVER COOL THE BURN USING ICE, BURST BLISTERS, TOUCH THE BURN, APPLY CREAMS, OINTMENTS OR FATS, APPLY ADHESIVE DRESSINGS, OR REMOVE CLOTHING THAT HAS STUCK TO THE BURN.
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