Boys 6 years old with severe burns due to many familiar toys are often used for children

Recently, a 6-year-old boy in Guizhou, China suffered a traumatic accident, burnt a part of his face and neck and arm area.

The cause of the burn shocked many people, because the culprit was originally from an extremely familiar object to the students.

The boy in the mischief used a lighter to burn a erase pen, resulting in the pen's plastic shell erasing, the liquid in the pen shot out, sticking to the neck, chest, face causing the boy to suffer many burns severe, burns on face up to 30%

To check the danger of erase pen solution, people have experimented with pouring erase pen solution onto white paper surface, iron plate and pig skin surface, using fire to burn, it happened fiercely.

Burning solution of eraser pen on paper

Burn the eraser pen solution on the iron plate

Burn eraser pen solution on pig skin

Firefighters have said: The main ingredient of liquid in the main eraser is titanium dioxide and methyl cyclohexan. Components in volatile erasers, flammable when meeting fire sources, even burn strongly.

In addition, Dr. Truong Kha Kim - head of burn treatment department at Quy Cuong Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou, China also said that the liquid in the erasure pen also contains toxic substances, harmful to the body. People like benzene and lead, can cause chronic poisoning when sticking to the skin. Children's skin is more sensitive, so the more attention you need to use.

Learn burn levels

Depending on the treatment of burns according to each level , there are first-aid methods for appropriate burns .

Level 1 : The degree of surface burns is the lightest burn. The burned skin does not blister with water but only burning red spots like sunburn can go away and leave no scars.

Level 2 : Burns part of the skin, at level 2, the burned skin appears nodules like water bubbles. Treating burns properly can avoid the risk of infection and leave no scars. In case of severe burns, a specialist doctor's intervention is required.

Level 3 : Third-degree burns are the most dangerous level of burns, wounds can directly affect skin tissues and affect the muscle layer. If it is not timely emergency, 3rd degree burns will be life-threatening.

First aid for burns

First aid for rapid burns is important, but it is not fast enough that first aid is needed properly. Therefore parents need to have basic knowledge to give first aid to burns effectively, avoiding other injuries.First aid steps for burns are as follows:

• Quickly prevent burns (electric burns, fire burns, kerosene burns .).
• Soak the burnt skin in clean water to soothe the wound, cool the chemical that sticks to the wound and relieve pain quickly.
• Remove clothing and jewelry from burned skin to clear the wound.
• Use a medical gauze or a clean dry cloth to bandage the injured skin. Severe burns bring the victim to the nearest hospital so that the specialist will administer first aid to treat the burn properly.
• In the case of electric burns, it is necessary to immediately isolate the power source from the victim's body, use an insulated object to disconnect the electricity then take the child to a safe area. Soak the injured skin with clean water and then take the victim to the hospital quickly to avoid complications.

The above is the first aid steps when burns parents need to know quickly to handle when children and other relatives have a burn accident in everyday life.