Wilderness: Burns (cont.)
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Burn Symptoms
The severity of a burn determines the symptoms a person who is burned experiences.
- First-degree burns cause red skin and local pain only. Sunburn is an example of a first-degree burn.
- Second-degree burns cause blisters and have more pronounced swelling. The skin may slough (peel).
- Third-degree burns cause white or black charred skin and loss of pain sensitivity (insensate) because of nerve damage in the deeper tissues. When encompassing (completely around) an extremity (arm or leg), these burns can constrict and cut off circulation, leading to limb loss.
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