According to Sharecare.com there are about 3,000 deaths in the United States because of burns. Aside from that, about 500,000 people enter the hospital for burns. A burn is an injury to the skin by a source of heat. There are three types of burns. There is first degree which is minor. Second degree which can be minor but can be worse. Second degree is when more than the first layer of skin was burned. Then there is the most serious, which is a third degree burns. This is when more than the first and second layer of skin was burned; including muscles, and nerves. With third degree burnss, they need medical attention. Everyone should know what a burn is, what it looks like, how to tell what kind or degree it is, and how to treat each of them.
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There are a lot of reasons why everyone should know what they are doing. First and second degree burns can be treated at home, but third is for the doctors. If one has a first or second degree burn, then one should know how to treat it and how to protect it. Everyone should also know how to protect the area that one gets burned. There are a lot of wayss a burn can look and many different kinds of burns. There are a lot of way that you can get a certain burn. It is important to what each one looks like and also what kind it is. It is also important to know how to treat each kind in case of emergency or if one gets a burn.
According to healthline.com some causes of first degree burns are sunburns, scalds, and sometimes electricity. Some causes for second degree burns are scald injuries, flames, sunburns, chemicals, and sometimes electricity. Causes of third degree burns are very hot liquids, skin that comes in contact with a hot object or source for an extended amount of time, fire flames, an electrical source, or chemical source. Even just general burns can be caused by fire, hot liquids or objects, electricity, sunlight, or maybe even
There are a lot of reasons why everyone should know what they are doing. First and second degree burns can be treated at home, but third is for the doctors. If one has a first or second degree burn, then one should know how to treat it and how to protect it. Everyone should also know how to protect the area that one gets burned. There are a lot of wayss a burn can look and many different kinds of burns. There are a lot of way that you can get a certain burn. It is important to what each one looks like and also what kind it is. It is also important to know how to treat each kind in case of emergency or if one gets a burn.
According to healthline.com some causes of first degree burns are sunburns, scalds, and sometimes electricity. Some causes for second degree burns are scald injuries, flames, sunburns, chemicals, and sometimes electricity. Causes of third degree burns are very hot liquids, skin that comes in contact with a hot object or source for an extended amount of time, fire flames, an electrical source, or chemical source. Even just general burns can be caused by fire, hot liquids or objects, electricity, sunlight, or maybe even