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Thermal burn — DIPIMC MCQ

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A 26-year-old has scalded her forearm and hand with boiling water. The area is painful and blistered and involves roughly five percent of the body surface. She is otherwise well.

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Correct answer: B — Cool the burn with running water and cover it with cling film.

Active cooling with running water for around twenty minutes followed by covering with cling film is the correct first aid for a thermal burn, providing analgesia and limiting progression. Ice causes vasoconstriction and can deepen the injury. A five percent burn does not require pre-hospital formula-guided fluid resuscitation.

Reference: JRCALC Clinical Guidelines