Health Check: what to do if you burn yourself
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Run the burn under cool water for 20 to 25 minutes.Marjan Lazarevski/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDBurns are one of the most common injuries, affecting as many as 200,000 Australians each year. Burns occur when skin cells are damaged by exposure to a flame (flame burns), a hot liquid (scald), a hot object (contact burns), ultraviolet or infrared radiation...






