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CARE FOR BURNS

|  General Care / Thermal Burns | Chemical Burns | Electrical Burns | Solar Radiation Burns |  Ah, a hot summer morning. Perfect for the beach. After a nice brisk swim in the refreshing tide, you curl up on your beach chair with your headphones and a book. As you sit contentedly, your eyes slowly fall shut in a mid-day nap. When you awake, the sun is a little lower in the sky, the people next to you have left, and your exposed skin is starting to look a suspicious shade of bright red. Will you know what to do? You are babysitting the neighbor's kids, and as you are preparing dinner you turn around for a moment to rinse off the spoon. Suddenly you hear a clatter of pans and a high pitched yelp, not the "my-brother-pulled-my-hair" yelp, but a cry that sends your adrenaline into overdrive. You spin around and see the little girl clutching her hand, her tears streaming from her eyes, the tell-tale pot of hot dog water spilled on the ground. Will you know what to do?