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Treating burns and scalds onboard

Seafarers should be very cautious when handling hot pipelines, steams and fires to avoid burns and scalds. Burns and scalds are damage to the skin caused by wet heat, electricity, or chemicals; both are treated in the same way while the amount of pain that the patient feels isn't always related to how serious the burn is. Even a very serious burn may be relatively painless.

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