I thought I would share following story because knowledge is power and this saved us a trip to the E.R.
On Pessach (Yom Tov), one of my boys spilled boiling chicken soup onto his entire hand. It was fatty and oily. (I had not yet skimmed the fat.) This child never yells in pain but seeing what happened, I didn’t need further convincing that this was going to be a serious burn. Within seconds there were already multiple blisters forming, even under the cold running water that I immediately had him do as I quickly got some frozen packs ready. (Later, a nurse and medic agreed it was likely a good second degree b
So how did we treat it? For the first 20 minutes we had his hand sandwiched between two large bags of frozen fruit. (At one point I also smeared lavender essential oil all over his hand and then his hand went back in between the bags of frozen fruit.) We probably could have done less time with the icing but no harmed seemed to be done. After that my husband and I pealed and shredded potatoes. Many potatoes. We covered his entire hand in the shredded potatoes, wrapped that in cheese cloth to make an enormous