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How to deal with chemical burns

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There’s a lot of different chemicals out there. Everything is made of chemicals of one sort or another. Some popular examples include ammonia gas, ammonium formate, bromobenzene, carbonyldiimidazole, cyclohexanone, 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane, diethylamine and its salts, 2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine and its salts, formamide, formic acid, lithium metal,
lithium aluminium hydride, magnesium metal, mercuric chloride, N-methylformamide, organomagnesium halides, phenylethanolamine and its salts, phosphorus pentachloride, potassium dichromate, pyridine and its salts, sodium dichromate, sodium metal, thionyl chloride, ortho-Toluidine, trichloromonofluoromethane, 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane.

Effects of chemical burns

As you can imagine, each of these chemicals can affect you in different ways, some will burn your skin if touch, some can damage your lungs if inhaled. Others might stain your skin. The best way to deal with any of these, in particular, is to check the instructions on its packaging. There’s always warning and emergency information there.

Sometimes you might think a chemical burn is only small, but sometimes it will penetrate your skin deeper than you realise and could be more harmful than you’d expect.

Effects of scratching on the brain

“For some people the irritation of an itch can be so intense that they scratch so hard they draw blood.”

Source: this report.

This is why a chemical burn can be so bad, even if it does not burn through your skin, it can lead to skin conditions that can be very annoying, or might do more damage than you expect.

Who to call when you get a chemical burn?

In Australia, any medical emergency or affliction should call 000 immediately and treat it as an emergency. You will need to tell them what chemical burned you (if you know). This will help identify if an ambulance is needed and how urgent this is. But don’t assume it’s fine until you’ve spoken to them. Triple zero is who you call. If it is a poison, you should call the Poisons Information Hotline on 13 11 26 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).

Popular sources of chemical burns that these sources have to deal with include strong acids or strong bases, which can be found in products such as:

  • bleach
  • concrete mix
  • drain or toilet bowl cleaners
  • metal cleaners
  • pool chlorinators
  • phosphorous (found in fireworks and fertilizers)
  • petrol

Ways to prevent a chemical burn

Much of this should be common sense.

  • Wear gloves
  • Wear protective clothing
  • Wear face mask and goggles
  • Read the instructions
  • Store chemicals in a safe place
  • Do not let animals or kids around chemicals
  • Wash your hands after using
  • Store in original packaging with its label so it does not get confused with food or drink.
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Finding the Best Survival Products

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The best survival products, like the military’s survival kits and civilian ones like the emergency food rations that are available over the counter, can be of some help, but they are just not enough to provide the best possible level of protection when faced with the kind of emergencies that can happen in our society. A lot of people feel that the only thing a survival kit will provide is a means of survival in case of a disaster or emergency, but what they fail to realize is that a quality survival product will also provide a means of security and peace in an already stressful time in our lives.

Best Survival Products

Finding the Best Survival Products

People can get lost in a storm, have a natural disaster hit their area or even become victims of a crime if they do not have the right type of survival kit on hand. A lot of the best survival products are designed to provide peace of mind that something can always be done and a lot of them will have things that you need to take care of yourself while away from home and that you can get back to where you left off at a later time. Many times the best survival products that are available will also contain personal protection items like fire extinguishers, pepper spray, CPR training devices and other things that people can carry and use to protect themselves. These can often give you some form of defense and may be able to save your life if you have to leave home to seek help, but having the right equipment will also give you some kind of a safety net.

 

The best survival products will always have some type of emergency supply kits that will include first aid kits, batteries and other things that will allow you to be able to make basic first aid treatments. If you have ever needed to use one of these treatments on a family member or pet it can be very traumatic and can cause a lot of anxiety and stress in an already stressful situation. These first aid kits are a lot more important than the typical survival kit that many people think of when they talk about the best survival products. If you have ever lost someone to a medical emergency it can be very traumatic, but with the right type of emergency supplies on hand you can be able to treat the patient until help arrives and provide the best possible level of safety for yourself and others in an emergency situation.

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