As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures submitted by About.com First Aid readers help illustrate different injuries.
Sunburn
6 hours at pool in sun with sunscreen put SPF 30 and 45 on four hours apart. put aloe on it the next day. every day after that I put on moisturizing lotion and the one that worked best was Cetaphil. …
More
Dog Bite
I was taking my yorkey out potty 8pm Dec 30 the 2012 when 2 pit bulls attacked me in my own drive way one 120 lb blue nose and its 75 lb mate got loose from the neighbors the first one went for my fa…
More
Steamed Potatoes and Fingers
Steaming potatoes in freezer bag in microwave. When bag was opened steam rolled out hitting first the fingers on left hand. Felt burn and ran to kitchen sink turning on cold water within 3 seconds. F…
More
Another Exhaust Pipe Burn
I leant up against a motorcycle pipe, went to the medical centre where I was given a tetanus shot and dressing and some cream, it is starting to get redness around the edges and swelling so I might h…
More
Thumb Burn
a burn from lighting a sparkler on new years and it back fired on me,burning my right thumb,i lit the sparkler for my 11 year old son,thank god it was me and not him,it has now been 6 days since the …
More
Burned Fingers
I was putting a piece of cake in the toaster oven to warm it up when my hand got too close to the top of the oven and actually touched the hot part. It just happened like an hour ago; I do not think …
More
Neck Pain
i was cooking bacon on the bq in a big pain 3bls at a time the pan flipped and went all over my wife kept putting cold water on it but now wondering if all the marks will ever go away i can only down…
More
Not Much Pain Anymore
My car overheated and I partially unscrewed the coolant reservior cap. Boiling water was squirting out of it so I just let it go for a while. I came back a few minutes later and I was looking under t…
More
Never Put Vaseline on a Burn
I cooked a noddles then i put it on the table myme and my son will eat dinner. While i am going to get the water my son started started shouting and he become too nervou because of tge pain. . It com…
More
Progress of a Burn
I was working on a polishing machine when the glove I was wearing got caught and pulled my hand around the polishing mop. I managed to switch it off after 2 or 3 seconds and pull my hand out but not …
More
Waffle Iron Burn
I was at work cleaning a waffle iron. I work at a hospital cooking. And I burned my hand and it just kept getting worse and I went to the ER and then to a burn specialist. Now I'm seeing a hand surge…
More
Scalded by the Coffee Machine
My coffee maker had clogged up and was making a mess all over my counter top. I turned it off and it continued to flow out over the pot onto my counter. I carefully picked up the whole coffee maker a…
More
Scalded Hand
Boiling water to clean my baby's bottles (since the water heater was broken) and pouring the water into the bottle went well enough but its when I decided to move the bottle where things went wrong. …
More
Leg Scalded from Hot Coffee
I opened the cupboard in the camper on the side of the stove. It hit the pot and slid it off the stove onto my leg. I quickly pulled off my shorts and put cold water on burn and took some advil. It w…
More
Motorcycle Exhaust Pipe Strikes Again
Followed husband to the store. before we drove off in different directions from the store, I leaned over his bike to kiss him and completely forgot about the exhaust! He has a yamaha genesis crotchro…
More
