Degrees of Burns
This burn is the mildest of the burns and is limited to the top of the skin.
What is a 1st Degree or superficial burn?
These are the types of burns.
What are Heat, Chemical, Electrical, Radiation, or Sun?
This burn produces redness, pain, and minor swelling.
What is a 1st Degree or superficial burn?
The goals of burn treatment.
What are pain relief, shock and infection prevention?
You should no use these to treat burns.
What are ice, butter, grease, and Oil?
2nd degree burns usually produce these.
What are blisters?
Caustic burn.
What is a type of chemical burn?
Singed nasal hair
What is a sign of pulmonary damage?
Continue this neutralizing treatment for 5-15 minutes until the pain subsides.
What is run cool water over the burned area?
Another name for base chemicals.
What are alkalis?
This burn is the most serious type of burn and involves all the layers of the skin and underlying tissue.
What is a 3rd Degree or deep full-thickness burn?
Burning of the skin by a substance that is hot in temperature.
What is scalding?
This burn produces blisters,severe pain, and redness.
What is a 2nd Degree or partial thickness burn?
Increased redness, swelling, or pus.
What are signs of infection?
Alkalis and bases are this type of chemicals.
What is caustic?
This burn can hurt severely
What are 1st Degree (superficial) and 2nd Degree (superficial partial thickness) burns?
Sun burns are also a type of ________ burn.
What is a radiation burn?
There is no pain with this type burn
What is a 3rd degree or full-thickness burn?
True or False, it is advisable to treat 3rd degree burns with running water.
What is false?
Chemicals that are designed to eat away certain materials.
What are acids?
These burns do not cause pain because of the severe nerve damage.
What are a 3rd degree burns?
The type of burn is typically classified by _____.
What is its heat source?
This type of burn may only leave a small mark on the skin, but may leave a serious deep tissue burn.
What is an electrical burn?
This is the first step (after calling for help) in providing first aid to someone with an electrical burn.
What is shut off the electrical current?