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| Posted: 14 Jan 2006 21:12 Last Edited By: handlemistakes | |
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Heating-accidents have always been one of the major problems in our societies. This article covers everything from jellyfishes in the sea, to big fires in forests and cities.
Small scale issues The easiest way to burn yourself is by simply putting your hand on the stove. It can also be caused by a fire, too much friction or hot steel/aluminium/water. Whatever it is, make sure that you find a cure as fast as possible. The most usual cure is by putting the wounded body area in cold water or ice. You can also put some lavender oil on it. How effective this method is depends highly on how many seconds it took from the moment that you were wounded to the moment were you started the cure. If it took less than 10 seconds, you will be completely recovered. If it took 10-30 seconds, you will be half-recovered, but the wounded area will heal within weeks or months. If it took more than a half minute, you can't heel it much. Your burn-wound will probably follow you for the rest of your life, if you don't want to pay an expensive price for a skin-operation. How to avoid them? Well, you shouldn't cook when you're tired or stressed and be careful in where you put your hand. Wearing gloves will greatly reduce the chances for such incident to happen. But it doesn't matter how well protected you are, such accidents can happen anyway. Therefore, it's good to have a container with cold water, ice, and maybe also a bottle of lavender oil. Big scale issues Sometimes, we appear to be at the right place, but at the wrong time. Big fires in the house or in the surrounding areas can be a tough match for anyone that doesn't know how to handle it. Imagine that you are in the middle of a big forest-fire that has surrounded you completely, there's no way to escape ad the rescue workers are busy with other things. Try to find a creek or a waterhole where you can escape the flames. Jump in and roll around until you’re completely wet. This will prevent a fire to erupt on your clothes (which could very likely happen if you're dry and are in a range of 25 yards/meters from the fire). After that, stay in the waterhole. Make loud voices by screaming and banging rocks on each other. If the fire spreads faster than the time that the rescue workers need to save you, then dive in the waterhole and take short breaths every minute until the fire gives up and leave the area. Make sure that you breathe through a wet t-shirt or another wet garment to purify the smoky and dusty air. If you don't find any water at all, then you're in big trouble, but you can still save yourself. You should go to an area where it's very little organic materials and try to clean it even more from organic elements. Ensure that area will be a fireproof buffer-zone. How big should that area be? Well it depends on, the weather and the environment around it. If it's a plain area with a light wind, you can be comfortable with a radius of just 2-3 meters/yards. But if it's a tree rich forest (the buffer zone should be as far from trees as possible) with strong winds then you may need to do the zone 5 times bigger, a radius of 10-15 meters/yards. Make sure to build the area from the center and out because you can't plan exactly how much you can do until the fire arrives. Then when the fire comes, make sure that you breathe through a wet t-shirt or another wet garment to purify the smoky and dusty air. If you don't have access to water then you can always spit on your garment until it gets relatively wet. Another solution can be to look for mountain peaks, since such places in general have less plants than other places. Let's also look at a more usual perspective. You are in a building that goes on fire. There's a similar article about this particular subject. Read about it in our Forgetting the stove article. |
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