PKIN 0750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Heat Cramps, Heat Stroke, Sports Drink
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Heat burns touching something that"s hot. Chemical (wet) flush it with water. Chemical (dry/powder) brush it off before water or wet substance gets on it. Electrical looking for entry and exist wounds and can damage respiratory. 3 degrees (how deeply the skin has been damaged) of burn: Treatment associated with motorcycle accidents & calves close to exhaust. First degree: burn through first layer of skin. Third degree: open burn char, black & can see muscle and tendon & people often don"t feel pain b/c receptors killed; closed burn usually. Third degree: burn through 3 layers of tissue texture looks plastic. Bandaging of burns done by weaving don"t do it altogether or. 3rd degree cover with dry gauze pad to keep out secondary infection. Put skin under water until skin cold. Use basin rather than running water b/c pressure can pop blisters. Take of clothes after put person in water extremities (ex.