Treatment of Burns

There are several cases of burns among each other depending on the type of tissue that is affected by burns, severity, and complications arising from the injury.

Dangerous because it burns damage the skin that serves to protect us from dirt and infection. The skin also plays a role in body temperature regulation and disposal of waste through sweat. If a lot of body surface burned, there are plenty of life-threatening danger due to damage to the blood vessels, airways obstruction, electrolyte imbalance and body temperature, as well as impaired nerve function.

Overcoming burns should not be arbitrary. First aid treatment becomes an important aspect, especially in order to stop the heat, cool the wound, and cover the wound so as not to worsen. Burns often occur in the home. Generally, injuries from the heat source and the cold temperatures, high shock electric shock, chemicals, light, and radiation.

In handling, the course will vary, depending on the type of affected tissue burns, severity, and complications arising from the injury. Today many people are less precise in addressing burns so ujungujungnya even worsen the situation.

"Not just the death, length of treatment and high costs, severe burns and scars can cause defects in the skin which will cause emotional distress or trauma and severe psychological disorders in patients," said Dr. Aditya Wardhana SpBP (K), a specialist plastic surgery of the Faculty of medicine / RSCM.

According to him, first aid on burns victims is important. It is useful to stop the heat, cool the wound, and cover the wound. For the first step, said Aditya, stop by the fuel away or turn off the heat source. For those of you who hit major-extensive burns burns over 25% of the body surface in adults and more than 20% in children, stop the burning process immediately away from sources of ignition.

Cover the body with a cloth, sheet or wet sacks. Fire can be extinguished by bergulingguling on the ground. After that, loose or dislodged objects or accessory that is still attached to the body such as clothing, jewelry, watches, and so on.

 "Go straight to the hospital," he said. As for those who are affected by minor burns less than 10% body surface area, cool the burn with water flowing temperature of 15 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.

It is useful for cooling, decrease pain, and reduce edema or swelling.

"The heat in the skin will move into the flowing water," he said. Do not wash the body with water ice because the ice can cause blood vessels to constrict so will aggravate degree burns and risk.

Aditya who spoke in the seminar and workshop Emergency Fair and Festival (E-FAST) in the Hall of Faculty of Medicine, Salemba, Jakarta some time ago revealed, the study says, irrigation water on the burned skin shown to accelerate the formation of the tissue around the burn site only in within two weeks.

Flowing water can also reduce scar tissue or scar in about six weeks after the incident. He stressed, avoid burns overcome by using toothpaste, soap, soy sauce, ointment, butter, cooking oil, gasoline, oil, and the like. Bahanbahan contains chemicals that may not be received well by the skin. Instead of treating burns, how it can actually damage your skin condition.

Once the wound is cooled, you can consume such drugs paracetamol or anti-inflammatory such as ibuprofen and useful opiods reduce pain. Close burns with a bandage to prevent hypothermia, a condition in the body's mechanism for temperature regulation difficulties overcome cold stress. Padasaat help burn victims, Aditya alert to remind the importance of upper airway injury, especially in children characterized by swelling of the face, nose hair burning, or tightness.