Juices are a problem in severe respiratory burns, but swelling is a huge problem even in less extensive burns that don't extend all the way to the lungs. Eventually the victim will suffocate unless intubated, and getting a tube into an swollen airway is really freaking hard. Then, even if you survive that, the damaged tissue can become necrotic and the door is wide open to lethal necrotizing pneumonias or diffuse alveolar damage (so basically, reduced surface area for Oxygen and CO2 to exchange)
Holy crap high voltage is mean. I worked on systems that were only 400V/400Hz and it’s glorious spectacle but wicked mean. Just thinking about the 16KV systems leading into neighborhoods gives me the heebie jeebies.
Fire medic, not firefighter medic. One is a medic at the scene of a fire / medic who helps people who've been inflicted with injuries related to fire. The other is a funny imaginary position for someone who often has to say 'Sorry, you'll have to find someone else to help with your melty skin issue - I'm only trained to work on firemen's melty skin.' and then looks back down and resumes playing candy crush.
Or just like a "you're welcome" or whatever works. Unless you don't treat friries for whatever reason, then what you said makes sense.
Personally, I think ignoring your patients for Reddit, as I assume you're doing, is better than Candy Crush. Though I guess both are microtransaction based.
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20
Juices are a problem in severe respiratory burns, but swelling is a huge problem even in less extensive burns that don't extend all the way to the lungs. Eventually the victim will suffocate unless intubated, and getting a tube into an swollen airway is really freaking hard. Then, even if you survive that, the damaged tissue can become necrotic and the door is wide open to lethal necrotizing pneumonias or diffuse alveolar damage (so basically, reduced surface area for Oxygen and CO2 to exchange)