I have a better idea. I’ll continue dispensing information until such time as I’ve been proven wrong. In this case I have. But based on what I thought I knew about 3rd degree burns, I was in a perfectly fine position to dispense medical advice.
I hate to quote him, but this illustrates perfectly the concept of “unknown unknowns”, as Donald Rumsfeld puts it. I didn’t know that I didn’t know enough about 3rd degree burns. What I did know was what I believed was correct. Given that, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t dispense advice.