Families are getting ready to squeeze in their last camping trip before school starts and safety while cooking or enjoying a campfire is important.
Nurse practitioner Linda Bowers at McLaren Greater Lansing DeWitt Family Medicine tells us it's important to know the types of burns you can get.
- 1st Degree is like a sunburn with redness and swelling, but no blisters.
- A 2nd Degree burn may cause the skin to turn white and splotchy with painful blisters.
- 3rd Degree is the most serious and can damage everything down to the bone. The skin will be charred black or white.
How to treat:
- 1st and minor 2nd degree burns can be treated with cool running water, a non stick sterile gauze or bandage, and gentle soap and water. Don't use butter, ice or ointments unless the doctor tells you to.
- Serious 2nd degree burns and all 3rd degree require immediate medical attention.
