what happens when you heat steel to a blue color and touch it???

A burn from anything as hot as blue steel is painful, but the best burn story I ever heard was a friend of mine. He worked at a glass blowing shop and sat on a blob of molten glass, the funny thing was it was that pearly pink ish colored glass and the doctors had a hard time finding it to take it out, it blended in perfectly with the mark on his butt. I felt bad for his injury but the story the way he tells it is funny and then he pulls out this piece of glass that's about 1.5" in diameter to show people, perfectly round but for the side that was facing out.

Hope you heal up fast.
 
I have been told by EMS workers to never put ice or use cold water on a burn. LUKE WARM or room temperature water is better. Something about the cold causes the skin to contract and separate.... in other words it is TOO extreme of a temperature change.

Same goes for the opposite... numb/frosbitten skin + hot water = bad news.




Rick
 
In all the training I've had, they've said ice can cause damage. Part of what you want to do is cool off the burn area, and part of what you want to do is allow blood flow to move toxins out of the area.

Also, sooner is better!

So, cool or room temperature water is better for the burn than ice, and most of us have some water sitting around near the hot steel.

Here's one link with more detail. FamilyDoctor.Org
 
avigdor said:
take a needle with a thread pass it through the blister and leave it ther for the night you'll get up in the morning and it will be dry

be well

avi
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All the posts have been OK except this one. DO NOT do this. This has the potential of introducing bacteria into a favorable growing media. This is a great way to go from a burn to an infected burn.

I also wouldn't recommend putting ice on the finger with the blister. You need the circulation to help prevent infection and start the "clean-up" that the body naturally does.
 
Sorry to hear about your burn. Thanks for posting about it to help remind us all to be as mindful as we can about saftey and our well being.

When I burn a finger I have three basic steps I usually take....

  1. Often the first thing I do is put the bugga in my mouth. It ain't cold but it is definitely cooler than the burn and there is some reduction of pain.
  2. I'm pretty much instantly in motion for the slack tub, a hose bib or sink faucet for cool water
  3. I split open an aloe vera "leaf" and secure a piece of the cool juicy gelatinous material on the injury. I call it a green band-aid ;). Replace with fresh pieces as need. Do for at least over night. The slime does wonders for sunburns too. Hey, what can I say, I live in the tropics. I try to always have some of the stuff growing around.
 
My mother and grand mother swore by the benefits of aloe vera, they both had a couple of plants in the house for emergencies. My mother still does, but she is down to one plant because her sons have moved away from home. The stuff does do wonders for burns though.
 
I did run it under cool water for a min or two, but that felt like I was pouring liquid MAGMA on it, so I went to the freezer. Then it felt better! HOWEVER, this is why ice is bad. that sucker gets real cold and you feel all cushy like everything's gonna be okay, then you take the finger off the ice and you are wondering "WHERE DID THAT LIQUID MAGMA COME FROM AGAIN!!!" So I had to bite the bullet and wait for the pain to go away. -which it did- after maybe 30 minutes. Did not pop it, the callous is doing a good job of keeping everything in place. I am actually typing on it right now.

Honestly I did not take a good look at the piece of steel before I touched it. It was not till after I jumped up like a deer shot with a bow did I see the color. In retrospect I am proud of myself. I did not cuss, and I did not throw anything. Kudos to me.

I need a coarser grit wheel on my surface grinder, and a little more education. don't ask. I do not have coolant set up yet, so I have not figured out the limits of dry grinding before a part turns to trash. The wheel got loaded up and I thought "I can get one more pass...". Yeah right.
 
This is what I do with blisters. I don't recommend anyone else do this because it goes against all good medical advice.

I cut open the blister, drain the damn fluid, then cut all the lifted skin, leaving a circular depression of raw skin. I scrub the hell out of it with hot water and Dawn, spray it with alcohol, let it dry, then put a bandage on it. I repeat this process a few times throughout the day. Then, finally, when I don't think I'll be getting dirty anymore, I wash it one more time, and leave it uncovered to dry out.

The next day, it's healed...or partially healed.

I've followed all the medical advice about blister care, and it does nothing but drag out the healing process. My method works for me in 1-2 days.

Again, I don't recommend doing this. Also, blisters on the feet are a slightly different matter.
 
As a Doc that goes against medical dogma but I drain all my own blisters, unroof them and keep them clean. You can't count on patients being as careful as you are thus the conservative "leave them intact unless they are in an area where the will,via motion burst anyway"

Keep this quiet though! :)
 
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