[TheForge] Normal People... (YAK)

[Walter L. Mullett]

I learned years ago how well ice works for burns.   My wife was boiling
water which she attempted to pour into a glass jar.  Of course it burst and
the boiling water flew onto her jean pants leg.  I immediately stripped off
her pants and used ice cubes on the burned area.  The first couple melted in
seconds.  She was screaming at me but later at the emergency room, she
thanked me.  The doctors said I saved her a lot of pain and some possible
scaring.

I think the reason ice works is that there is residual heat in a burn that
continues to do damage and you need to get all of that out.  I even use it
on sun burns.  Hard to stand but if you can get it on as soon as you see a
problem, you'll stop the damage from going deeper and most of the times, you
won't even be sore.

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Vida <osan at netlabs.net>
To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Normal People... (YAK)


>
>
>Mike Linn wrote:
>
>> "No one gets burned by a piece of red hot metal"  its the piece of steel
at
>> a 800 deg black heat that gets you...
>
> This has been a particular problem for me.  I have some sort
> of serious mental block about black heat.  If it isn't glowing
> it isn't hot.  A few years ago I was in the shop hammering
> away, set the red work on the forge, went to get a drink or
> something, returned and grabbed the piece HARD at a good 800
> degrees.  Marshall got the show for that month as I danced
> around the anvil swearing with such vulgar eloquence as to
> blush any sailor you care to name.
>
> The burns were just this side of third degree, which made
> them the worst in terms of pain.  What I discovered that
> day was that 8 hours of ice will work a minor miracle in
> terms of pain and healing.  Went home, packed hand in ice,
> hit the couch, nodded out for 8 hours with a couple of
> trips for more ice, and when I was back in the world, my
> hand had NO pain.  Ugly as hell, but painless.  It also
> healed a lot more quickly, or so it seemed to me at the
> time.
>
> Keep ice on hand.  Slack tub first, then ice for at least
> 8 hours.  You won't be sorry.
>
> -Andy
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