Burns are a specific type of soft tissue injury and its adjacent structures, produced by physical, chemical substances, radiation and electrical current. The severity of the burn depends on the temperature of the medium that cause and the time he was the victim exposed. Another serious factor is the location of the lesion in the body, length, depth, age and health status of the person.
1. Physical Agents:
* Plates or stoves, coal or firewood.
* Boiling liquid (water, oil, soup, etc.).
* Vapor
* Llamas
* Cold (temperatures below zero)
2. Chemicals:
* Oxidants (sodium hypochlorite)
* Acids (hydrochloric, sulfuric, acetic)
* Caustic (soda, lime, potash)
* Corrosives (phosphorus, sodium metal)
* Adherents (tar, neme)
3. Electricity:
* Electric shock with different voltages
4. Radiation
* Sun Rays
* Infrared
Tags: Burns, Burns Care, Electric shock, type of soft tissue injury
