Re: Burn First Aid Q (kinda gross)
Splash burns have a tendency to be very deep burns in the center with a very small edging to them. That said, I've only ever had third degree burns in our house once. I knew instantly when I looked at the grease splatter burns on E's arm that they were third degree. Her skin was peeling off and the edges were white.
I've looked at a lot of varied second degree burns before and wondered where the line to realize I was handling third degree and thus beyond my ability to manage it would lie. However, the day I looked at third degree, I didn't have to ask that question. It was an instant knowledge. There is a huge visual difference with third degree burns that doesn't exist in first and second degree burns at all, a shocking visual difference.
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