Types of Burns

According to Burn Injuries , Burn are divided in to major three types

First Skin Burn
Second Skin Burn
Third Skin Burn
Fourth Skin Burn

First Skin Burn Patients:

First Skin Burn Patients are having very sensitive to touch the skin as it damages the main upper skin called Epidermis. The Symptoms of First Skin Burns patients are it will be Red and it cause swelling and pain.

Second Skin Burn Patients :

Second Skin Burn Patients are more severe then First one as along with pain , swelling and redness it also have damaged the Epidermis (Upper Skin) and Dermis (Inner Skin ) and Damage the hair follicles and effect on sweat glands.

Third Skin Burn Patients :

Third Skin Burn Patients are much and very Sensitive as it damages all the tissues and structure. The 3rd Skin Burn Patients skin are totally damaged including Epidermis , Dermis and HypoDermis.The Patient will have much pain in this stage.

Fourth Skin Burn :

These Burn Patients have totally damaged every skin , tissues and muscle also till the bones. These type of Injured Patients have just near to death all the time , and can be cured if and only if GOD will is with them. These patients recovery is much slow and take a long time but chances to win from this situation is very rare.

These are short detail of types of burn patients according to their skins.

How to Know Percentage of Burn Patients?

Burn Patients are all time in severe and critical condition for first few days or week till their wounds are stable and the pain of the injuries are reduced to much extent.

After that Burn Patients are somehow know about their disease and their treatment process.

One thing which every Burn Patient want to know about

How to Know Percentage of Burn Patients?

Because Every Burn Patient have get know that he has injured about 30% , 40% or 80%. He thinks on that what will be the formula of calculation of that percents?

So

There are many factors which are involved in this calculations and important are

1. Age of Burn Patient
2. Locations of Burns
3. Depth of Burns
4. Size of Injury

There is Rule of Nines which can be meant for calculations of Burn Injuries in to percentages.

The Chart is divided in to 9 parts and the percentage is calculated on its basis while the Chart is called TBSA.

These are some information about to Know Percentage of Burn Patients.

What are Safety Mesures for Burn Patients?

As I told in my Last Post The Burn Patients are very sensitive to environment. And therefore the safety measures of Burn Patients are too much sensitive then others patients.

Burn Injuries are mainly exposed to environment which are highly containing germs and viruses , bacteria and many harmful germs.

Burn Injuries have to take much precautions for his careness.

What are Safety Measures for Burn Patients ?

This Question is much asked by Every Burn Injuries holders.

1. Never Exposed to Sunlight in any case until and unless your Burn injuries are completely recovered and you got your old skin back. In this case one more thing is point to be noted as the new skin after burn injury is very thin and it has not much stability against sunlight or warmth , so Burn Patients are totally safe himself/herself against Daylight , Sunlight or any kind of warmth.

2. Never meet with so many people in your Burn Injury Period , the more you face the people the more you are inviting germs to yourself. As Burn Injuries are exposed to everyone so the one whom you meet have too much chance of Germs in it , so better never ever meet with much attendants in any location you are.

3. Burn Patients must have to drink water as much as they can as This is the most important precaution for Burn Injury Patient because when the injury caused most of your Fluid , Sodium chloride , water from your body out and continuously out due to the warmth of the Injuries, which will remain for long time and reduces water in your body. So Glucose and Water you have to drink as much as you can otherwise dehydration , Kidney Failure due to reduction of water minerals caused harmful problems for Injured.

4. There is no restriction of Diet you can eat , drink anything you want and The most important you have to Eat Fatty Foods like Beef , Fish , Mutton for proteins , As proteins are highly reduced for Burn Injury and those can be filled as fast as the Burn Patient can. These Proteins play major role in recovery of your skin.

5. Take One or Two times Bath Daily and wash the wounds , the more you wash the more you have fresh skin, removing the germs from your Body.

6. Always bed at cool place having low temperature.

7. Take Regular medicine prescribed by Doctor , make Daily Dressing of your Burn Injuries , never ever give a holiday of Dressing.

8. Never Give force to the Injured Place , Always give relax of your Burn Injuries Place.

9. Make a checkup to your consultant or Surgeon Specialist after two days or three for your better cure and fast recovery.

10. Complete your Treatment and never Left in midst anytime , because this will harmful for your Life.

there Are Safety Measures which A Burn Patient must have to follow for his Fast Recovery and Better Life as soon as he / she Want.

Burn Patient First Aid

Burn Patients are very critical from the very start of the tragedy. Burn Patients first two days are highly critical.
As there are numerous problems a Burn Patient can have in first two days.

So To Challenge the first 24 hours of a Burn Injury , The doctors must have attempt to recover the patient from losing fluid and prevent him / her from infections.

Infection being the most serious problem in Burn Injury. As soon the injury happened with Burn Patient , he is going to loose fluid and his minerals like Sodium Chloride and Proteins are out to injured portion causing swelling to the injured place.

Burn Patients at very first time also face low urine and low blood pressure. So The Doctors First process is to control this by giving First Aid to the Burn Patients.

The First Aid given to Burn Patients are Tetanus vaccination , Glucose , Fluid , Pain killer and antibiotics to stable the Patient.

After the burn patient become a little bit stabilized the next step is to get covered the wounds by Dressing.

Dressing can protect the wounds and prevent to loss more fluids from the Burn Patients. By Dressing The Burn Patients Feel a Bit Comfort.

Remember that Burn Patients are very serious at their first stages so more the Burn more serious care is needed.

After Giving First Aid to the Burn Patients the next step of Dressing and Wounds covering starts.