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First Aid for Burns - guideline change

2/6/2019

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First Aid Burns treatment has previously been to hold the affected area under cool running water for at least ten minutes. This has changed, as of May 2019, the latest advice from an Australian research team at their national Centre for Children’s Burns – now adopted by the NHS, British Burn Association and more – is to extend the time that the burn should be treated to a full 20 minutes under cool running water. 
If you would like to read more then check out the post by Emma Hammett
https://onlinefirstaid.com/burns-how-to-treat-a-burn-lates…/
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