Journal
BURNS
Volume 34, Issue 8, Pages 1176-1182Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.03.012
Keywords
First aid; Alternative; Aloe vera; Saliva; Burnaid; Tea tree oil
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- Royal Children's Hospital Foundation
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Many alternative therapies are used as first aid treatment for burns, despite limited evidence supporting their use. in this study, Aloe vera, saliva and a tea tree oil impregnated dressing (Burnaid (R)) were applied as first aid to a porcine deep dermal contact burn, compared to a control of nothing. After burn creation, the treatments were applied for 20 min and the wounds observed at weekly dressing changes for 6 weeks. Results showed that the alternative treatments did significantly decrease subdermal temperature within the skin during the treatment period. However, they did not decrease the microflora or improve re-epithelialisation, scar strength, scar depth or cosmetic appearance of the scar and cannot be recommended for the first aid treatment of partial thickness bums. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.
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