Basic First Aid: Treating Chemical Burns & Victims of Electric Shock

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Amy, and I am going to talk to you about the possibility of chemical burns as well as electrocution. With a chemical burn, if you splash something onto your skin that is possibly burning it, it is really important to flush it as quickly as possible with as much as cool running water as you can allow. You can use a sink. If you are outdoors, a garden hose works just great. Electrocution is a little more worrisome when it comes to how you provide care to an individual who has possibly been electrocuted. The first thing you want to do is be concerned for your own safety and make sure that when you approach the victim in the scene that you yourself are not going to be coming into contact with any live electrical wires. It is also very important at that point to check the victim before you are concerned with the burns as to whether or not they are breathing and they have a circulation. Once you have determined that, you do the general check, call and care, and it is very important to always remember to call 911 for anyone who has been electrocuted."