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Burns: Accidents and Injuries: Merck Manual Home Edition
Merck — Burns are injuries to tissue that result from heat, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Burns cause varying degrees of pain, blisters, swelling, and skin loss. Deep, extensive burns can cause serious complications, such as shock and severe ...More…
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Child safety: How to prevent burns
Mayo Clinic — Child safety - Follow these tips to protect your child from burns Child safety is a foreign concept for most young explorers. But basic child safety precautions are important, especially when it comes to fire safety and burns. One of the most ...More…
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Electrical burns: First aid
Mayo Clinic — An electrical burn may appear minor or not show on the skin at all, but the damage can extend deep into the tissues beneath your skin. If a strong electrical current passes through your body, internal damage, such as a heart rhythm disturbance or ...More…
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Chemical burns: First aid
Mayo Clinic — Minor chemical burns usually heal without further treatment. The victim has signs of shock, such as fainting, pale complexion or breathing in a notably shallow manner. The chemical burn penetrated through the first layer of skin, and the ...More…
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Burns: Preventing Burns in Your Home
Family Doctor — Prevent burns by preventing fires in your home. Be prepared and know what to do if fires ever do occur. Here are some fire safety tips for your home: Put smoke alarms in your home. Check them weekly. If they run on batteries, put in new batteries ...More…
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Avoiding Household Burns
American College of Emergency Physicians — For minor burns, run cool - not cold - water over the burn or hold a clean, cold compress on it until the pain subsides. Do not use not butter or other types of grease. Do not use ice. Remove jewelry or tight clothing from around burned areas, ...More…
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Burns: Taking Care of Burns
Family Doctor — You can get burned by heat and fire, radiation, sunlight, electricity or chemicals. There are 3 degrees of burns: The treatment depends on what kind of burn you have. If a first- or second-degree burn covers an area larger than 2 to 3 inches in ...More…
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Burns: First aid
Mayo Clinic — How to recognize and administer first aid for minor to serious burns. To distinguish a minor burn from a serious burn, the first step is to determine the degree and the extent of damage to body tissues. The three classifications of first-degree ...More…
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Burns Fact Sheet
Genetic Medical Sciences — A burn is tissue damage caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight, or nuclear radiation. The most common burns are those caused by scalds, building fires, and flammable liquids and gases. The swelling and blistering characteristic of burns ...More…
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Child safety: How to prevent burns
Mayo Clinic — Child safety - Follow these tips to protect your child from burns Child safety is a foreign concept for most young explorers. But basic child safety precautions are important, especially when it comes to fire safety and burns. One of the most ...More…
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Burns Instruction Sheet
Kids Health — Burns from fire or other sources of heat range from mild to life-threatening. Some burns can be treated at home; others need emergency medical care. Find out what to do in this printer-friendly sheet.More…