People with electrical burns should seek emergency medical care immediately. It usually heals within a few weeks. For severe burns, treatment may include medication, wound dressings, therapy, and surgery after appropriate initial care and wound assessment. The goals of treatment are to control pain, remove dead tissue, prevent infection, reduce the risk of scarring, and restore function. People with severe burns may need treatment at a specialized burn center. Skin grafts may be needed to cover large wounds. You may also need emotional support and months of follow-up care, including: Physiotherapy Pain and Anxiety Medications: Healing burns can be incredibly painful. Morphine and anxiolytics may be required, especially for dressing changes. Feeding tube: People with extensive burns and those who are malnourished may need nutritional support. Your doctor may insert a feeding tube through your nose and into your stomach. Skin graft: A skin graft is a surgical procedure that uses a piece of your own healthy skin to replace scar tissue from a deep burn. Donor skin from dead donors or pigs can be used as a temporary solution. Dealing with severe burns can be difficult. Especially if the burn covers a large area of ​​the body or is easily visible to others, such as the back of the neck. Potential scarring, limited mobility, and possible surgery all add to the burden. Consider joining a support group of other people who have suffered severe burns and know what you are going through. You will find comfort in meeting people who do. Talk to your doctor for information about support groups in your area or online. Seek emergency medical attention for deep burns involving hands, feet, face, groin, buttocks, large joints, or large areas of the body. The emergency physician may recommend evaluation by a skin specialist (dermatologist), burn specialist, surgeon, or other specialist. For other burns, you may need to make an appointment with your GP. The following information will help you prepare. A burn is tissue damage caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, radiation, or the sun. Nearly half a million Americans seek treatment for accidental burns each year. First-degree burns and most second-degree burns heal with home care. Most burns are accidental. There are varying degrees of burns. Health care professionals determine the severity (extent) of a burn based on the depth of the burn and the amount of skin affected. Burns can be painful. If left untreated, burns can lead to infection. About 500,000 people go to the emergency department for burns each year. Children are at high risk of accidental burns. More than 300 children receive emergency treatment for burns every day. Accidental burns can happen to anyone, but children, teenagers and the elderly are most at risk. These age groups are more prone to cooking burns such as: Spill hot water on your skin. Children and adolescents are also more likely to play with lighters, matches, and firecrackers and get sunburnt. Healthcare providers classify burns by degrees of severity. The top layer of skin (epidermis) turns red and is painful but doesn’t typically blister.