Welcome to First Aid Course Burn: Electrical and Chemical

Skin is an organ that acts as a natural barrier to the infection and to fluid loss. Burns disrupt this barrier causing exposure to infection and fluid loss.

Causes of burns:

Dry burn-flames, friction, contact with hot object.
Scald burn-steam, hot liquids.
Electrical burn-low-voltage: household appliances. High-voltage: power cables, lightning current
Cold injury-frostbite, contact with freezing metal or freezing vapors i.e. liquid oxygen or liquid nitrogen.
Chemical burn-industrial chemicals or fumes or household chemicals ( caustic soda, bleach , oven cleaner )
Radiation burn-sunburn, over exposure to ultraviolet rays from sunlamp or exposure to radioactive source (x-rays)

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The American Academy of CPR and First Aid is accredited by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine who is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education^® (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.