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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-3-899587446 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Putting baking soda on a burn is probably a bad idea, because the =20 baking soda tends to dry the burn. What one wants is to protect =20 against desiccation, and keep the burn moist. The worst thing (so doctors have told me) is the traditional remedy of =20= treating the burn with oily substances, such as butter or vaseline. =20 Those retard healing, and must somehow be cleaned off with soap or =20 something similar, which is painful and may cause further damage. Wet =20= compresses are good. The best immediate first aid for a small burn is ice. That is because =20= the site of the burn is still undergoing damage as long as it is =20 warm. Ice should be applied immediately =97 preferably within a =20 second. That is possible in a kitchen setting, or somewhere where ice =20= is readily available. If at a barbeque, run for the cooler chest =20 where the beer is kept. Don't even delay to scream and fuss, or to =20 examine the burn to see how bad it is: just get to the ice as soon as =20= possible, pushing everyone and everything out of the way if you must. =20= I am convinced that people often look at the burn, and wait to see how =20= much it will hurt: that's a big mistake. If the rest of your body is at normal temperature, and the air =20 temperature is above freezing, application of ice to skin cannot cause =20= damage by freezing, because the melting point of the ice (0 =B0C) is not = =20 cold enough to freeze tissue. I have had enough dumb accidents in the kitchen to learn the routine. =20= I go directly to the 'fridge, open the freezer, and shove the burned =20 hand (for such it usually is) right into the ice bin, the faster the =20 better. For this action, I now have my time down to about three =20 seconds. If ice is not available, use water: but is it nowhere near as =20 effective as ice. =97 Paul Boyer On 26 May 2009, at 9:03 AM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: > When I was a child, my Mother used to put baking soda on burns. I =20 > always thought it worked, but I think I've since read that this is =20 > not a good idea. As a kid, I was fascinated by the texture and =20 > flaking of the soda. Perhaps it just diverted my mind--always a =20 > good remedy for any pain. > Jane --Apple-Mail-3-899587446 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Putting baking soda on a burn = is probably a bad idea, because the baking soda tends to dry the burn. = What one wants is to protect against desiccation, and keep the = burn moist.<div><br></div><div>The worst thing (so doctors have told me) = is the traditional remedy of treating the burn with oily substances, = such as butter or vaseline. Those retard healing, and must somehow = be cleaned off with soap or something similar, which is painful and may = cause further damage. Wet compresses are = good.</div><div><br></div><div>The best immediate first aid for a small = burn is ice. That is because the site of the burn is still = undergoing damage as long as it is warm. Ice should be applied = immediately =97 preferably within a second. That is possible in a = kitchen setting, or somewhere where ice is readily available. If = at a barbeque, run for the cooler chest where the beer is kept. = Don't even delay to scream and fuss, or to examine the burn to see = how bad it is: just get to the ice as soon as possible, pushing everyone = and everything out of the way if you must. I am convinced that = people often look at the burn, and wait to see how much it will hurt: = that's a big mistake.</div><div><br></div><div>If the rest of your body = is at normal temperature, and the air temperature is above freezing, = application of ice to skin cannot cause damage by freezing, because the = melting point of the ice (0 =B0C) is not cold enough to freeze = tissue.</div><div><br></div><div>I have had enough dumb accidents in the = kitchen to learn the routine. I go directly to the 'fridge, open = the freezer, and shove the burned hand (for such it usually is) right = into the ice bin, the faster the better. For this action, I now = have my time down to about three seconds.</div><div><br></div><div>If = ice is not available, use water: but is it nowhere near as effective as = ice.</div><div><br></div><div>=97 Paul = Boyer</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 26 May 2009, at 9:03 AM, = David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div><span = class=3D"593175812-26052009"><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" = size=3D"2">When I was a child, my Mother used to put baking soda on = burns. I always thought it worked, but I think I've since read = that this is not a good idea. As a kid, I was fascinated by the = texture and flaking of the soda. Perhaps it just diverted my = mind--always a good remedy for any pain.</font></span></div> <div><span = class=3D"593175812-26052009"><font face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" = size=3D"2">Jane</font></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></bo= dy></html>= --Apple-Mail-3-899587446--
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