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How to Treat Blistering Burns

Last Update: September 18, 2008

Video By: LIVESTRONG.COM

Blistering burns are usually second degree burns caused by a thermal or chemical injury. Learn how to relieve and treat a blistering second degree burn in this first aid video.

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  • Apply cool water
  • Apply cold compresses
  • Apply dry, sterile dressing

About this Author

Captain Joe Bruni has over 30-years experience as a street firefighter and company officer. He also completed a great deal of research with other instructors who have co-authored articles with him. He has experience as a department training officer in the Fire and Rescue Safety & Training Division. He receives a great deal of pleasure and gain's excitement from watching firefighters put learned skills into practice. "I strive to touch the future of the fire service by passing on my experience, knowledge, and techniques that I have learned over the years. I have written several articles for Fire Engineering Magazine which are available upon request. In today's firefighting world, the amount of actual structure fires has dropped almost 50 percent. I believe training efforts have to be increased at all levels using experienced instructors who can pass on the knowledge."

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Video Transcript

CAPT. JOE BRUNI: Hi. I am Capt. Joe Bruni with over 30 years of firefighting and emergency medical service experience. What I am going to go over and discuss is how to treat a blistering type of burn. Blistering burns are usually in the category of a second-degree type of a burn injury and can be caused by a thermal injury or a chemical injury or an electrical shock. With this type of burn, there will be reddening as well as blistering of the skin. This type of injury can be relieved from its pain with using some type of cool water or cold compress for a short period of time. With a blistering injury, be careful not to break or pop any of the blisters. Then some type of dry, sterile or possibly just clean dressing can be applied over the burn injury area and then tape down with medical tape to hold it in place until medical treatment can be sought. To reiterate, treating a burn injury with blisters involves nothing more than applying cool water or cold compresses temporarily until pain relief is felt, then applying some type of dry, possibly sterile dressing to the area, being careful not to break or pop any of the blisters that happen to form as this will increase chances of infection.

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