Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 HOT WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????? sheri you blow my mind about 3 times per day. hot water!!!!!! i have always found cold water to be incredible. no blister forms if you run cold over for 10 mins or so. but hot..... really??? okay.... the thing with her burn was that i heard her cry out, and did not know what had happened. she was on the floor next to the bloody humidifier on her side having cried out, but she didnt cry for long and when i checked her didnt find anything, so did not run water. actually i was terrified she had burnt her eyes and so was looking htere. there was no red mark on her fingers. but a huge blister came up the next day and i thought it was from sucking her finger, and then i pieced it together and felt awful. when the blister broke we were on holiday. it was red and bloody underneath and the pharmacist said we needed a doctor - that it was huge. i had bought calendula cream, but because we were staying in a hotel etc etc i thought i would put the neosporin on it, instead. i was scared! of course. and so damn angry with myself. i was packing to go away, she had a cold and i was testing the humidifier and forgot about it. ugh.... anyway, we didnt go to a doctor and it did scab and then leave no scar. but next time, sheri, how should i keep it clean, she was crawling on hotel floors and lobbies - i was nervous and it was such a big bloody raw burn.... kim > Actually to run as hot of water over it as you can stand works better (its > like homeopathy!) > And DON'T need an antibiotic ointment such as neosporin - but you know that > now don't you Kim! > Try it next time! > Sheri > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 > Not hot water actually kim! > As hot as can be tolerated I think it is. So very warm would be what I imagine. > Wanted to mention this in case you really thought of hot, hot water! :-) > > Sue Hi Sue and all, Sorry to be dense here and once again I can't find the original post as the subject line has been changed, I think. Anyway, this treatment of burns (I think this was the subject?) confuses me. I'm a trained first aider with the British Red Cross, and have never come across treating a burn with anything other than cold water. I always believed the idea was to cool the damaged tissue as quickly as possible, because often, even though the source of heat may have been removed, the flesh continues to radiate heat and burn. Or have I missed something completely here? Can someone clarify for me please, because I'm due to renew my first aid certificate soon, and I don't want to make a mistake of this magnitude. References would be appreciated if possible. Love, light and peace, Sue p.s. If you've accepted the invite, Sue, I'm sorry for not having done anything but I can't access any UK today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 You're absolutely right, Sheri - it *is* allopathic thinking but you get used to it! ( I can understand why you're saying this now, and I will certainly give it a go next time I burn myself. Any water that is bearable on the skin will be cooler than the burn, so it's probably less of a shock to the system to use warmer water. think I'd better follow the allopathic line of thinking when I do my exam though...;o) When we were doing our first aid training, one of the officers who used to work on the First Aid post told us about a summer when she was on duty and treated a young baby. Seems that the family had been having a barbeque on the beach and the baby had somehow got quite badly burned. The baby was brought into the first aid post by the hysterical parents, and Babs then proceeded to chuck the little thing into the kitchen sink full of the coldest she could run. Baby had severe burns but survived, but I often wonder that the shock of chucking it into cold water didn't kill it either! Thanks for clarifying...) Love, light and peace, Sue > In homeopathy, like cures like - so if you have a burn you need to do > something similar - just ilke you would with a remedy. > Its the same concept. Red Cross usees allopathic thinking - opposite to > get rid of symptoms. > Make sense now ;-) > > It works - try it next time. > Ah hah! > Sheri > > >Sorry to be dense here and once again I can't find the original post > >as the subject line has been changed, I think. > > > >Anyway, this treatment of burns (I think this was the subject?) > >confuses me. I'm a trained first aider with the British Red Cross, > >and have never come across treating a burn with anything other than > >cold water. I always believed the idea was to cool the damaged > >tissue as quickly as possible, because often, even though the source > >of heat may have been removed, the flesh continues to radiate heat > >and burn. Or have I missed something completely here? > > > >Can someone clarify for me please, because I'm due to renew my first > >aid certificate soon, and I don't want to make a mistake of this > >magnitude. References would be appreciated if possible. > > > >Love, light and peace, > > > >Sue > > > >p.s. If you've accepted the invite, Sue, I'm sorry for not having > >done anything but I can't access any UK today. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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