Well, the burns might not be third degree. They probably weren't, because... yes. They'd be dead by now.
What kind of kills me is that I've been mildly burned a bunch of times. I guess that's first degree? (Just looked it up--I've had mostly first degree and some second degree burns.) Anyway, I always seem to drop boiling water on myself or grab a hot pan every Christmas, so I'm familiar with the sensation. And the way it goes is that it hurts like hell until you put something cold on it. Then you take it off, and it heats up again and becomes unbearable in 5-10 minutes.
So, you spend a few hours holding cold compresses up to the burn and then the pain tapers off. By the way, if you ever drop boiling hot tea in your lap, refrigerated 2-liter soda bottles are the way to go.
But by 12-20 hours, the pain would have mainly worn off in first or second degree burns. Third degree? They'd be dead.
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Date: 2009-11-10 07:56 pm (UTC)What kind of kills me is that I've been mildly burned a bunch of times. I guess that's first degree? (Just looked it up--I've had mostly first degree and some second degree burns.) Anyway, I always seem to drop boiling water on myself or grab a hot pan every Christmas, so I'm familiar with the sensation. And the way it goes is that it hurts like hell until you put something cold on it. Then you take it off, and it heats up again and becomes unbearable in 5-10 minutes.
So, you spend a few hours holding cold compresses up to the burn and then the pain tapers off. By the way, if you ever drop boiling hot tea in your lap, refrigerated 2-liter soda bottles are the way to go.
But by 12-20 hours, the pain would have mainly worn off in first or second degree burns. Third degree? They'd be dead.