How should children scald be handled?

summary

Scald is one of the common accidental injuries in children. The common injuries are scalds caused by hot soup, porridge and hot water. One and a half to five-year-old children are the main patients with scalds. A considerable part of the scalded children are due to the negligence of their parents. When they bathe their baby, they do not operate properly, and the baby runs into the hot water basin, resulting in perineal and hip scalds. Let's take a look at the following.

How should children scald be handled?

First: if I degree scald occurs, skin flushing and pain can be treated at home. After the injury, wash it with cold boiled water or soak it in tap water or wet compress it with gauze, which can relieve pain. But pay attention to avoid skin damage, in order to avoid infection.

Second: second degree scald damage to the dermis, about 30 minutes after the scald will blister. At this time, you can apply cold water towel first, but remember not to apply ointment, soy sauce, etc. it is easy to pollute the wound, because the requirements for asepsis of the second degree burn wound are high, even when you go to the hospital, you should clean the wound first.

Third: except the first degree scald can be treated at home, the second degree scald or above should be sent to the hospital for treatment. Emergency treatment should keep the wound clean, do not daub ointment or cover the wound with dirty cloth, so as to avoid secondary infection.

matters needing attention

If the child has fever, local pain and pus after scalding, it indicates that the wound has been infected and inflamed, and should be treated by a doctor in time.