[Jewelry making - Article 00015] - Re: [Orchid] Shop injuries

[Karen Goeller]

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>        For a really large, really bad burn, tape a piece of aloe over
>     it like a band-aid, and leave it there for a day or two. 

    For a "really large, really bad burn," get professional medical
    attention. 

    A burn can be one of the most serious types of injuries to the human
    body, prompting deep-tissue infection, gangrene, shock and many
    other really nasty complications, up to and including death.  ANY 3rd
    degree burn (one involving an open wound/sore in which blisters have
    popped or where there is exposure of the underlayer of skin) should
    be seen by a medical professional.  

    One reason for this is that you, as the victim, may be completely
    unaware of the significance of a burn injury, as nerves are
    frequently deadened by the burn process -- you may not feel as much
    pain as you would expect with a serious injury.  Additionally, unless
    the area is very QUICKLY cooled to "normal" body temperature, the
    "cooking" process is continuing deep in the tissues until the
    temperature has lowered enough to prevent further damage.  An analogy
    that might help understand this is when you cook meat in the oven. 
    Cooks are taught to take the roast out when the inside temperature
    has reached 10 degrees under the goal temperature, because the
    cooking will continue for 15 minutes or so at the center of the meat
    after removing it from the oven -- the outer layers are warmer and
    transferring heat toward the cooler inner layers until the
    temperature throughout "equalizes." 

    The Aloe plant is wonderful and the INSIDE of the leaves (the
    sticky, gooey part) is a very respectable remedy for first-degree
    (reddening and pain) and even some second-degree burns (reddening
    with visible blistering) if used correctly on a sterile wound.  It's
    a significant or main ingredient, for example, in many sunburn
    remedies.  But it is not enough to simply "tape on a leaf" if the
    burn is large or bad or open at all -- you could be risking loss of
    the limb, loss of deep muscle, or worse.  Really, really not
    something you want to play around with. 

    This is one of the big things "pounded" into us in all of the health
    worker first aid training I've ever had, so I just had to jump in to
    this one.  In a profession like ours, better to be safe than sorry. 

Karen Goeller
kgoeller AT nolimitations.com
Hand-crafted artisan jewelry
http://www.nolimitations.com


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