Use of normal saline for burns

[Dustdevil]

+5 for actually taking the time to callup the burn center, too

When I was a little kid, I was home alone and found a tick on me.

I called up the Red Cross to ask them what to do about it.

[cosgrojo]

When I was a little kid, I was home alone and found a tick on me.

I called up the Red Cross to ask them what to do about it.

*envisioning Dust surgically evaluating a tick burrowing into arm, while flipping through phone book for Red Cross number* Hilarious!

[AnthonyM83]

Now we know how it all began...

[iMac]

I don't saline being a problem but you shouldnt be using it over more than 10% of the BSA. If you do you are now having to deal with hypothermia.

[scottymedic]

My father suffered 45% bsa burns of multi thickness. I slit an iv bag open and emptied the contents into a container and got his hands into that and a pad soaked in it around his neck. Saline has a cooling and soothing agent and the goal is to reduce the burning, yes hypothermia can present, but id rather them a bit cold than their tissues burning up due to the heat from the burn.

I was first on the scene to dad and the doctors said the saline was one of the best things for his burns as well as the inital cooling process.

Quick trick i learnt, need an instant ice pack or pack for airway burns, take a towel or teeshirt etc, wet it and then empty a CO2 extinguisher into it. Fold it over and there you have an instant ice/cool pack, make sure the dry ice in there doesnt get out and it will last for a while.

Scotty

[BlackSheep]

When I was a little kid, I was home alone and found a tick on me.

I called up the Red Cross to ask them what to do about it.

Are you sure that tick wasn't a burr and it has been there ever since? :roll: [/font:9004c1628b]