Thermal Sources

Thermal Burn Injuries – NY Burn Victim Legal Help

Thermal burns may result from exposure to steam, open flame, or hot cooking surfaces and objects such as skillets or pans. Other common sources of thermal burns include the following:

• Scald accidents
• hair curlers
• curling irons
• cigarette burns
• flame burns
• fire pits
• campfires
• residential fires
• ignition of flammable clothing
• room heaters
• ovens and ranges
• irons
• explosions such as from gas tanks, car accidents, boat accidents, airplane accidents, and bombs
• industrial workplace injuries involving workplace explosions or contact with hot surfaces
• gasoline fires
• automobile radiators
• hot tar or asphalt
• fireworks

Burn injury by scalding or by direct contact with fire will inevitably cause injury to one or more of the three layers of skin: the epidermis, the dermis, and subcutaneous tissues such as nerve endings and hair follicles.

Medical treatment of thermal burns will likely include pain control, antibiotics, and care of blisters. Severe cases may require hospitalization. Prevention of infection and mitigation of scarring are prime concerns for New York thermal burns victims.

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