# First aid for burns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-for-burns/323089>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 23, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-for-burns/323089 "2005-09-23T17:37:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-for-burns/323089/21 "2005-09-23T21:56:17Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> Use the burn gel, its available for home firstaid kits. The water gel is best, and it looks different enough from other types of dressings, it would be easy to recognize as being specificly for burns.  
> You wouldn’t use it for extended periods, and its only palliative. It would help the pain for an hour or so, without contaminating or compromising the burn. Once the burns crust over, the pain will diminish.

Do you know a brand name? Specifically one that would have been available in 1983–though if you don’t know that, just give me the name and I’ll do a trademark search.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-for-burns/323089/22 "2005-09-23T22:18:40Z")

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> [@phall0106](#):
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> There’s a prescription ointment, sulfadine cream, which is fantastic for burns. If I had access to scripts in a first aid box, I’d want that in there.

ooOOooo i ADORE the stuff, have the 400 gm tub of it =)\<happy dance\> I got the basic blister burn from the hot edge of a pan last week, dabbed a tiny amount on it, slapped a bandaid over it to protect it. Next morening not only wasnt the blister popped, but the blister had flattened out, the skin thickened up, no pain at all. Washed it, dabbed it, bandaided it, 3 day it ws a scar.

Poor mrAru is allergic to it=(

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-for-burns/323089/23 "2005-09-23T22:27:23Z")

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> [@Fabulous Creature](#):
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> Do you know a brand name? Specifically one that would have been available in 1983–though if you don’t know that, just give me the name and I’ll do a trademark search.

CPR Savers & First Aid Supply ™ I’m fairly sure they’ve been around that long.  
Aside: Sulfadine is not intended for superficial burns. It will damage healthy tissue, over time. Since its sulfa based, many people have severe allergic reactions to it. It is NOT a first aid item!

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-aid-for-burns/323089/24 "2005-09-23T22:53:55Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> CPR Savers & First Aid Supply ™ I’m fairly sure they’ve been around that long.  
> Aside: Sulfadine is not intended for superficial burns. It will damage healthy tissue, over time. Since its sulfa based, many people have severe allergic reactions to it. It is NOT a first aid item!

I decided against it anyway, but thanks.

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