Major Burn Incedent. Advice Need Desperately

I agree with Trintek's advice (cool signature by the way!) Just to add to it, the tightness of your clothes can affect burnage as well. Tight fitting clothes are generally better because the lack of air between the cloth and your skin makes it harder for the fabric to flare up.(through lack of oxygen) Also, whether you chose natural or synthetic fabric (please go au naturale to prevent horrible melting burnies), the weave definately needs to be tight to prevent air circulation. Loose weave cotton (ie cheesecloth) will flare up in a second, whereas drill or denim (as previously mentioned) will take a much longer time to flare up.If you actually manage to set your denim pants alight, you are probably sitting on your burning staff instead of twirling it ... I actually noticed a whole thread on safe clothing somewhere in the lovely world of HOP.Will try to find it.XXOO

*Slightly off thread*

Funny burn moment.
Last nite my friend was doing Wire wool.. I was standing quite a way away - but I managed to get a tiny little bit of molten metal down the neck of my hoodie.. it got into my bra and burnt my boob! I got a little burn smaller than the size of a match head. Ha ha - I know it shouldn't be funny but it's just the way that it got to were it ended up.

Ash - I sincerly hope your mom heals quickly. Vitamin c in her diet should help her body to make cells to repair the damage.

Fluff and stuff
Stix

I am sorry this information is too late to be effective, However, Silvadene Cream is the best thing.
Take it from someone who had 20% of their body covered in 3rd degree burns... this is good stuff. Here is a website that can tell you more about it. In the US it is perscribed but in the UK and europe you should be able to get it over the counter.

http://www.gettingwell.com/drug_info/rxdrugprofiles/drugs/SIL1404.shtml

Also as odd as it may seem... in the future if you ever get burnt that baldy MOTOR OIL is one of the best things to put on it. it will draw the heat out of your arm and prevent "internal cooking" after the flames are out.

Questions feel free to contact me.

Be well
GECKO

[ 28. November 2002, 07:32: Message edited by: Gecko ]

Think I said this elsewhere somewhere...but when wearing denim cutoff (e.g. loose thready thingy's) ..these can catch alight REALLY quickly and have nice big chunky flames licking at your butt in a second or two.

Not speaking from experience or anything.. I certainly didn't catch my pants on fire while twirling at a funeral wake...pfft that would be silly...

i am a emt and the best thing for burns is air do not put any thing on there at all let it heal and if you want to protect then put a sterile badge aroun it

in future i would use something like parafin thats what i use and it doesn't burn you as easily, if you are wearing thick cotton or denim it will just brush you and leave a black mark.