First-Aid Treatment of Burns and Scalds

First-aid treatment of burns and scalds.

In writing about the management of burns it is important to distinguish clearly between: (a) Treatment applied as a purely temporary measure at the scene of the accident, before the patient is despatched to a hospital or doctor. This is strictly first aid. (b) The formal treatment, carried out by a doctor or nurse, whether in the horiie, the surgery or the hospital, who has adequate facilities ...

First Aid Treatment of Burns.

The Modern Treatment of Burns and Scalds

First aid and treatment of minor burns.

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Burns and Scalds