Burns

What do you do when your child burns themselves. Obviously call the ambulance service but also they most common way to stop them being more serious is to put the burnt person into a cool running bath with clothes on. This will help the burnt area from peeling.

My daughter spilled a just made cup of coffee on herself at the age of 8 months. Her dad was making her a bottle for bed, She was in the kitchen with him and he placed the coffee on the coffee table and the next thing we knew she was screaming.  The ambulance service told us to do this to stop the burn blistering and the blisters popping.They also told us to reassure her and make sure there were no signs of unconsiousness. Once she was calm enough to let us get her  out we slowly undressed her and put her back in the bath until the ambulance arrived. It was the worst feeling that i have had knowing that i could do nothing to ease her pain.

Do not give panadol or similar as it will react with the morphine injection given so the staff can look at the burn site. They will instruct when to give medicine.

My biggest advice on this is not to place anything hot near children whether they are babies or over 5. It can happen to anyone. It could be alot worse than just superficial if not dealt with properly and as calmly as possible. This is quite hard to do when it is your child. But if you go crazy the child will sense it and they get more freaked out.

Stay calm, Keep clothes on, run cool bath, Reassure the person, Know CPR incase anything happens