What do you do if you burn your hand?

Question

do you put it in cold water or ice or what?

Answer 1

There's a little more information needed to give you the "right" answer.

Is your burn just red, with no bumps or blisters?
If so, this is a first degree burn or superficial burn. These are best treated by placing the affected area under cool running water for 15-20 minutes, until the area is cool to the touch. Do not use ice! It may add additional problems!
After the area is cool, you may want to put aloe gel on it, or some other cream- but this is optional.

Is your burn blistering and red?
If so, this is a second degree burn or intermediate burn. This is best treated by immersing the area in cool water, changing the water as it heats- or very slow running water. Always use cool water. Keep cooling the area for 15-20 minutes, until the area is cool to the touch. You want the area to cool down so that it does not continue burning you! (Yes, the heat you feel when you touch a burn on your skin before you treat it can burn you further, and therefore you really want to treat it as soon as you can!)
After the area is cool, cover the area with a dry sterile "cloth"- I would suggest a piece of guaze, using medical tape to secure it.
You do not want to pop the blisters, and you want the area to be able to breath. Do not wet the cloth before applying, as that takes away air flow, and also ensuring that if you didn't cool it enough, the remaining heat will not be trapped in the bandage and do more damage.

Is the area blackened?
This would be a 3rd degree or deep burn. If you have a 3rd degree/deep burn, you NEED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM NOW.
These burns require immediate medical attention, no matter how small they are.

Hope this helped.

Answer 2

Some say toothpaste but the ones made now can sting because of so many diff flav. In your home you have pickles and or butter till your husband can go and get Aloe with menthol it blue at Walgreen’s and its about $5 for a good size bottle always keep one around. If it has a bubble don’t pop it if it coves a large area then don’t cove it cause the cloth can stick to it and tear skin that is healthy to make it better the best is to see the doc ASAP. Also don’t stick it in water because the water can shed the skin away that protects it to grow the health skin.

Answer 3

depends how bad it is, and how used to it the skin on your hands are if it's the whole hand immediately stick it under a cold water tap and seek medical help (especially if it blisters).

If it's just a small one with the skin gone a little bit red, I've found sticking it under the cold tap helps, followed by dabbing it with ice (though not directly..... use something like a smooth CLEAN plastic carrier bag as a kind of ice pack...... cloth has fibres in it that can stick to the wound.... ice directly applied can also stick)

Answer 4

-put the burned hand under tap water as soon as possible, and keep it there for atleast 5-10 minutes.
-this will help in soothing the burnt area, restricting tissue damage and minimise or prevent further complications.
-then apply any antibiotic cream like soframycin, burnol, silverex(silverex is preffered).
-if burn area is large and there are large vesicles, consult a doctor.

Answer 5

Trace: for treatment use ice because some burns can
be 1st ,2nd or worse 3rd the sytoms are redness which could
bring blisters and I would treat it carefuly with ice and put some oitment on then dress the wound with steril gauz bandage
change when needed ok? will you please try to becareful
next time at lease stay alert!

Answer 6

You need to cover it with a wet cloth. Make sure that the cloth is clean and unsoiled. Keep it coved to prevent infection. You can try burn ointment for a minor burn. If you use the ointment cover the burn with a clean dry cloth after you apply it to the burned area. Tylenol might also help with the pain. Take care

Answer 7

Keep it under cold running water for 15-30 minutes and then dry and dress it. If the burn is larger than a postage stamp, it is recommended to seek medical attention at a hospital.

Answer 8

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What do you do if you burn your hand?
do you put it in cold water or ice or what?

Answer 9

Run cold water over it for a good 10 minutes and then put a little Neosporin on it. If it is real bad you should go to the ER.

Answer 10

Put it in cold water to help remove the burn.
Do not put any lotion on it, as this will seal the heat under the lotion & increase the pain.