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First Aid : How to Treat a Chemical Burn

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Uploaded by on Oct 30, 2009

A chemical burn treatment starts by examining the area to make sure that it is safe to enter. Discover how to brush dried chemicals away from a person's wound, and how to flush the wound with help from a first aid and CPR instructor in this free video on treating chemical burns in first aid.

Expert: Sunshine Meeks
Bio: Sunshine Meeks is the owner and operator of Sunshine Safety.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

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  • "you could rinse it with water and increase the burning sensation or you could use vinegar to neutralize the reaction"

    -tyler durden

  • I think you might want to go back to school if you ever went,What if they have a sodium burn? Are you going to have people blow they're arms off by applying water? I think you should rethink your ideas here,You could get people hurt worse than they are.Better yet leave this to the professionals and not someone who has half knowledge of these things!!!

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  • ASK THE VICTIM FOR CONSENT!? Yeah good going, poor chap is going into delirium or shock because of whatever horrid injury and YOU NEED TO ASK FOR CONSENT? BTW, how would you treat a White Phosphorous Burn? Put it out with water ? :D

  • 0:25 story of my life that almost hapend

  • @drsta804 fight club would never lie to me

  • Water?

  • @imaqtlolz Or you can stop using movie quotes as medical instructions... Sometimes vinegar can increase the severity of a chemical burn.

  • just watch the movie fight club and there...how to treat a chemical burn

  • @imaqtlolz i would know

  • @SamuelCrafting lol no, you use a buffer.

  • @ssj7warrior I understand the Hydroxide truly I do,but are really suggesting a Baking soda burn(Sodium Bicarbonate) ?Just asking

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