[Asolar]

So last week i was on a amazing canoe trip, but on day 3 i happen to get a 2nd degree burn on 3 of my fingers tips. Since it was a canoe trip i yell aauuvv, and ran to the water right away (with some cursing of how stupid i just been underway). I sad in the water edge cooling my fingers for 4 hours, and then 8 hours in a big cup of water. I drank some nice mjød(honning wine) to help take away the pain and then slept with my hand out of the sleeping back in a wet towel.
I cant imagin how the pain would be if dint have cool water to use, like if i was in the middle of a wood and only had little drinking water.

But here to my question, i looked in my medic bag (that i had with me) the day after to see if i dint have something that might be of help had i been somewhere without must water. And ofcause in my medic bag a Burn Soothe "sterile Gel-Saturated Dressing" lies...
So i would love to hear if anyone got any experience with 2nd(3rd) degree burns and these Gel-saturated dressing, so maybe next time i might be more prepare and know how good this peice of medical tool is.


Thanks in advanges (hope my grammar aint to bad)

 

[Valkyrie144]

I've had horrible sunburns but unsure how your fingertips were burned. I never had any gel-saturated dressing but something similar. I use a gel called Total -burn relief with aloe gel. It is so soothing and I keep it in my fridge. I"ve used quite a few products over the years for burned skin (I've had burns so bad that my shirt would have to be cut off from me and developed large blisters) and the gel works and soothes the best.

I imagine those gel saturated dressings work wonders-

 

[Jojo]

I am guessing your fingers were burned because they were being splashed with water all day? but odd the rest of you didn't get some too. I find aloevera gel to be the best thing for sunburn but the next time you paddle you might want to try coating your fingertips with Chapstick. It is also good for preventing blisters. If you feel one comming rub some chapstick on the spot.

 

[W.Lynn]

Cooking or fire-tending related burns is my guess. I camp, and cook, enough to be someone who gets both. I could see where a sunburn gel might help, but I would only use it if none of the blisters have opened, and if I didn't think that applying it would be enough to open any. I buy the variety that has a little lidocaine in it, but it isnt marketed for open wound care.

 

[dontbuypotteryfromme]

Bicarb and water paste will also work.

 

[CB54]

If I'm at home, I use Soy sauce ASAP and it has always stopped the sting pretty quickly and stops the blister's from forming. Just used it this weekend after burning my arm on the barrel of a hot AR. Read about this in an article how Special Forces always ask the friendly natives what are some of the local remedies they use and Soy Sauce was one and I've used it for years. I always burn myself on the firplace grate a couple times a year. I also keep a real aloe plant around and slice it open and rub on for sunburns. It works better than the store bought stuff. I do though have the store bought burn applications remendies in my stockpile along with Soy Sauce.

CB

 

[Asolar]

Thanks for the replies, ya it was a fire-burn from a hot pan and not a sun burn, should have been more specific i guess. Had blister form also after awhile, i wonder if i use the gel i might have been without that.

 

[Woodstalker]

The remedy that I use, I got from this site. It sounds crazy but plain white flour works like a charm. I had to use it twice in the last few months and it did the job. Try it.

 

[Shorebird]

Get some DMSO and carry it in a small vial. You need vary little, so a 5ml vial will be enough for dozens of burns. Just apply a small amount with your finger as soon as possible to the burn and it will take away the pain - about 60-70% very quickly. You don;t usually need to reapply.

You will however, get a garlic-like taste in your mouth in about 5 seconds. It penetrates your bloodstream quickly. But the taste fades in a couple of minutes.

I once had a steam iron tip down onto the back of my hand. Left a lovely pattern of holes and vents. With the DMSO, the pain was immediately reduced and the strange pattern was gone within half an hour. Skin never crusted where the worst points of burn were. I became an immediate believer. It happened at a friend's house as we were preparing for a trip. She kept small bottles in her laundry room, kitchen, garage, first aid kit and her purse. I pretty much do the same now. I have an amber vial in my Altoids tin survival kit, too.

 

[ldmaster]

DMSO, indeed, works, but I used a remedy when I was camping once - I have this habit of touching hot iron pots and a friend immediately cracked an egg and peeled the inner membrane of the shell off and applied it to my burn - it worked, was a little messy though, here's a citation from an online source...

It should also be noted that DMSO is used extensively for it's ability to transport other substances through the skin, mixing it with powdered aspirin for instance will allow direct application of the chemical to the affected area without oral application. Because of this you need to make sure you do not have anything on your skin that you would not like to ingest if you apply DMSO. DMSO is what let's topical patches transport nicotine or other pharmeceuticals transdermally.



Extracted from a paper by, Robert V. Blystone, Ph.D., Biology professor at Trinity University:



"... simple use of the egg white. You remove the membrane

lining the egg shell and put it on the burned area. If needed,

you add more of these membranes. It stops pain immediately and prevents

blister formation. The method is apparently known for centuries and

around the world, as the egg white treatment was also described by Gabriel

Garcia Marquez in "One Hundred Years of Solitude". I never experienced,

nor heard about, any negative effect."