Hey there,
I recently gave my hand a bad burn in culinary school. I have 2nd degrees with a nasty blister on my middle finger, and some minor 1st degrees on my 1st and 3rd finger. What would you do in an emergency with burns?
Plenty of cold running water then apply aloe vera till proper medical available. There is also a spray skin available for burns down under - I've never used it. For serious burns where clothes are burnt to skin - leave on skin do not remove until medical treatment available. (This is now sterile the main prob as far as I know for burns is infections).
For complete treatment on 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th degree burns see below under burns.
Also look at below.
Burns
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/burns-000021.htm
What is Aloe Vera Good For
http://www.mauritasaloevera.com/What-Aloe-Vera-Good-For.htm
Aloe Vera for Burns
http://www.aloesajten.com/aloe-vera-for-burns.php
I'm old, tired and crotchety - what's your excuse???
Emergency treatment of burns... Cool with lots of sterile / clean water. Cover and keep clean. Infection is your enemy. Drink lots... especially if you have open areas. You will dehydrate quickly. Leave blisters intact and cover to protect them. Drink LOTS with electrolyte replacement.
I had a similar burn years ago from boiling water going into my rubber glove.
I used cold water and ice then aloe vera, then grated Potato and carrot poultices and the burn healed up nicely.
Potato and carrot? That's one I've never heard before! We used to have an aloe vera plant that we'd just nap a piece off and squish it onto cuts/burns. I was out practicing cooking in a mess tin today, and damn near burned myself again, so I'll be sure to stock up on ointment packs.
There was a good one I came across recently that I will search around and find the link, they photos of the burns getting progressively better as well and the herbal mix they used....back shortly with link 🙂
Check out this site, its a husband and wife site, he's a Doctor and she's a certified nurse midwife, and preppers. I've watched them a few time and they give good advise.
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
To treat a burn - FLOUR - cover the burn with flour and leave it for ten minutes. Keep an ice cream pail of flour in the refridgerator. Any burn bad enough to cause blisters can be prevented by immersing it in flour. A friend of mine learned of the trick and later had to use it when she accidentally plunged her hand into a pot of boiling water. After ten minutes in the flour, she didn't even have a red mark afterward. She should have had blisters but she was fine because of the flour.
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Wow...it took a while to find, it was on facebook!
Really worth looking at the photo's, each one has a description of the burn, the herbs etc and you see the progress of healing 🙂
In SHTF situation with no medical access is available, I would probably use what's in my kit. Once my supplies have been exhausted, I would need to turn to what's in my long term food storage, honey. It might be worth a search to the benefits of having honey, all about improvising.
Interesting about potatoes and carrots!
Colloidal Silver without a doubt is my first choice for burns and scalds. Antibacterial, antibiotic, new tissue growth, the list goes on and on. It has been used extensively in hospital burn units for many, many years. You can make your own or buy. Much better to make your own whenever you need fresh supplies and have the silver rods in your prepping kit for creating the solution. You can also add it to aqueous cream base so it can be applied that way too.
Here is a quick link to making it easy and cheaply, I use a solar trickle charger instead of batteries...works great 🙂
http://www.endtimesreport.com/Colloidal_Silver_Generator.html
and other helpful info;
http://educate-yourself.org/cs/csfaq.shtml

