Fire Protection: Fire Extinguishers Belong in Every Household

The fire-red steel container should be freely and quickly accessible – and also really suitable for extinguishing the flammable substances present in the environment. Information about the fire class is provided by the pictograms on the device. It is also important that all family members (including children!) know how to use the fire extinguisher before … Fire Protection: Fire Extinguishers Belong in Every Household

Burns and Scalds: What to Do?

In Germany, burn injuries are among the most common consequences of accidents in childhood. Mostly it hits children up to the age of 5. And also here – as for example also with poisonings – the household is the most dangerous place: Because 80 per cent of these accidents happen at the “domestic stove”. The … Burns and Scalds: What to Do?

Prognosis | Incineration

Prognosis The chances of recovery are strongly dependent on the severity of the burn. Up to grade IIa there is scar-free healing, but beyond this, cosmetic impairment due to the burn or a skin transplantation that has been performed is to be expected, which primarily serves to restore the body’s protective barrier against the environment. … Prognosis | Incineration

Incineration

Synonyms in a broader sense Burns, burn trauma, burn injury, combustio, degree of burns, burns in children, sunburn English: burn injuryA burn is the damage to the surface of the body (skin-mucosa), or to deeper tissue through heat (fire, hot steam, etc. ), electric current or radiation (sunburn, radioactive radiation, etc.). The burning with chemical … Incineration

Degrees of combustion

Synonyms in a broader sense Burn trauma, burns, burn injury, combustio, burn English: burn injury burns are divided into 3-4 degrees of severity, which are based on the depth of the destroyed skin layers and allow an initial prognosis of the chances of healing. The higher the temperature and the longer the exposure time to … Degrees of combustion