good info on this thanks i have a deep 2nd degree burn on my lower leg near ankle bone due to laptop burn
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no kidding , still dealing with it, under a doctors care ..due to infection that started 2 days later
J
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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:33:55 -0700
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] 2 Americans Killed, 1 Injured By Wildfire Lately
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From: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:33:55 -0700
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] 2 Americans Killed, 1 Injured By Wildfire Lately
FYI:
Fourth Degree Burns
Fourth degree burns damage not only all of the skin in the burned area but also the underlying muscle, tendon and ligament. Very often fourth degree burns are fatal. If a patient survives a fourth degree burn then skin grafting is essential.
Fifth and Sixth Degree Burns
Fifth and sixth degree burns are most often diagnosed during an autopsy. The damage goes all the way to the bone and everything between the skin and the bone is destroyed. It is unlikely that a person would survive this type of injury but if a miracle occurred then amputation of the affected area would be necessary.
Source: http://www.anapolschwartz.com/practices/burn-injury/burn-degrees.asp#
Rick
PS Burns are considered the MOST painful of all injuries, taking months to recover even with grafts.
Fourth Degree Burns
Fourth degree burns damage not only all of the skin in the burned area but also the underlying muscle, tendon and ligament. Very often fourth degree burns are fatal. If a patient survives a fourth degree burn then skin grafting is essential.
Fifth and Sixth Degree Burns
Fifth and sixth degree burns are most often diagnosed during an autopsy. The damage goes all the way to the bone and everything between the skin and the bone is destroyed. It is unlikely that a person would survive this type of injury but if a miracle occurred then amputation of the affected area would be necessary.
Source: http://www.anapolschwartz.com/practices/burn-injury/burn-degrees.asp#
Rick
PS Burns are considered the MOST painful of all injuries, taking months to recover even with grafts.
On 3/15/2015 1:58 PM, Kim Noyes kimnoyes@gmail.com [californiadisasters] wrote:
Source: http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/03/15/four-civilians-die-in-recent-wildfires/Four civilians killed in recent wildfires
At least four civilians have been killed in wildfires in Chile, India, and the United States since March 12.
In Maryland on Thursday authorities found the body of a man believed to be in his 70s, after they suppressed a wildfire in the western part of the state.
Also on Thursday a man in Halstead, Kansas was fatally burned trying to put out a grass fire. After his pants caught on fire while trying to stomp out flames, Fred Rodenberg suffered 4th and 5th degree burns over 50 percent of his body.
In India, Robert Lobo, 58, died Friday after becoming entrapped by a fire while he was cutting trees in the forest in the district of Kasaragod.
In Chile the death of a woman in her 60s who suffered a heart attack was blamed on a large wildfire that required the evacuation of 7,000 people near Valparaiso. Thirty-two people were injured, including 19 firefighters, a spokesperson from the National Emergency Office said. Five of the firefighters were badly injured, but their lives were not in danger.
In northeast Nebraska on Friday an elderly man suffered burns on his legs when he tried to put out a grass fire that started when strong winds blew embers out of a burn barrel. The fire blackened 30 acres near Crofton.
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