Egg Whites- Who knew

[Judy Harder]

young man sprinkling his lawn and bushes with pesticides wanted to check the contents of the barrel to see how much pesticide remained in it. 
He raised the cover and lit his lighter; the vapors inflamed and engulfed him.
He jumped from his truck, screaming.
His neighbor came out of her house with a dozen eggs, yelling: "bring me some eggs!" 
She broke them, separating the whites from the yolks. 
The neighbor woman helped her to apply the whites on the young man's face.
When the ambulance arrived and when the EMTs saw the young man, they asked who had done this.
Everyone pointed to the lady in charge.
They congratulated her and said: "You have saved his face."
By the end of the summer, the young man brought the lady a bouquet of roses to thank her.
His face was like a baby's skin.
Healing Miracle for burns:


Keep in mind this treatment of burns which is included in teaching beginner fireman this method.  First aid consists to spraying cold water on the affected area until the heat is reduced and stops burning the layers of skin.  Then, spread egg whites on the affected are.
One woman burned a large part of her hand with boiling water.  In spite of the pain, she ran cold faucet water on her hand, separated 2 egg white from the yolks, beat them slightly and dipped her hand in the solution.  The whites then dried and formed a protective layer.
She later learned that the egg white is a natural collagen and continued during at least one hour to apply layer upon layer of beaten egg white.  By afternoon she no longer felt any pain and the next day there was hardly a trace of the burn.  10 days later, no trace was left at all and her skin had regained its normal color.  The burned area was totally regenerated thanks to the collagen in the egg whites, a placenta full of vitamins.
This information could be helpful to everyone: Please pass it on

And the egg yokes are great to eat, spoon or straw?
 

[thatsMRSc2u]

 I did not know that......cool!

[Diane Amberg]

Sorry, not quite true. First of all ,how stupid was he to do what he did if the stuff was flammable!???
No firefighters are ever taught to use egg white on other people, and certainly EMTs would not.Seconds do count! Cold water is all that is needed to stop the burning process and a facial burn such as was described needs transport due to airway concerns. . Modern medicine states, cold water only and lightly cover for any burn large enough or serious enough to need the Doctor.  Don't complicate things. Anything you put on, the doc has to scrape off to evaluate that burn.
For smaller burns such as as a small hand burn ,cool it thoroughly first.Then if you want, use first aid cream, Aloe Vera or egg white if you feel you must. Keep it clean and watch for infection.
That story is interesting, but that egg white business was much too slow even if it had been right.  Lots of cold water fast!
"The vapors inflamed and engulfed him." That was much too serious to waste time with home remedies.  Back in colonial times all kinds of things were used, but even they used cold water first if they had it. Wilderness situations can sometimes change things a bit, but people are usually prepared with at least water. I hope the young man also gave the Doc who treated him some flowers. Egg collagen...nah. Sorry Judy, please don't be mad at me, but I just had to correct this.

[sodbuster]

Having some experience catching on fire and spending time in the burn unit. No fireman put eggs on me. No eggs used, just tacos.

David

[Teresa]

When Randy Julian from Moline,  caught on fire a couple years ago.. Anita ran in the house and grabbed a carton of eggs.. and tore outside and put them all over him... The doctors said that is the only things that kept him from having a lot of skin grafting done.
So it really DOES help.. 

If I get a burn from frying chicken and the grease or something pops on me .. I have immediately dipped my hand or whatever has the burn on it, into flour. For some weird reason it helps and several times hasn't even blistered up at all.

[Catwoman]

When I worked as a nurse's aide, we would whip egg whites, apply in a thin layer to bed sores and then use the cool setting on a handheld hair dryer to seal the bed sores.  It was the only thing that we had at the time to create a seal on the sore so that it would heal.  Worked like a charm every time, as long as you were turning the patient on a regular basis.

[Judy Harder]

Catwoman,
When I worked as a nurses aide back in the 70's at the hospital. When patients came in with bad bedsores we used sugar on them. Sounds like a myth and maybe that has changed. But, as you say, all bedpatients need turning at least every two hours, one of my tasks to do, and it seemed that with time the sugar did work.

I am thinking this method was used on an ankle ulcer, too and that did better. Think mainly cause an ankle doesn't usually get sheet burn, like a back/buttocks do.
What is used now Diana. they must have changed the way they handle the sores.

[Diane Amberg]

I thought we were talking about thermal burns, not pressure sores. I've been told people in nursing homes use all kind of things on those. Since they aren't a 9-11 emergency I'd not be qualified to say how they should be handled. I've heard of honey being used, strips of mango, sugar, and in tropical countries use they use all kinds of things  not found here.
My point was to keep the immediate treatment of thermal burns and fires simple.  Put the fire out!
Use cold water first to neutralize the heat.  If you don't, you'll drive the heat downward and seal it in with anything else you use before the heat has dissipated. Don't change a 1st degree burn to second and so on.Then evaluate the burn, if it's not bad enough to need professional care, use whatever you find soothing and watch for infection.  Now really big bad 3rd degree burns we put the fire out then stop cooling because the damage is already done and there is very little pain because of damage to the nerve endings. The nearby areas of lesser degree will hurt like crazy though. If you don't believe me, then ask your doctor and do whatever the doc says.They are the final authority.

[sodbuster]

Let's see. We have egg whites, honey, flour. And I have heard ole wives tales that say put butter or baking soda on a minor burn. From now on I am going to keep a batch of cupcake batter handy when I am cooking. That way I can put it on my burns. That way the firefighters can have cupcakes as a thank you for putting out the fire and I can have cupcakes when I wake up in the hospital emergency room.

David

[Judy Harder]

When I worked ER, had a patient who came in after scalding herself with a batch of canning tomato's she was working on.
Nasty, very nasty.....and yes the first thing we were told to reach was a huge dishpan. or the bath pan we used fill it with ice and water and keep dipping a towel....squeezed out and putting it on her burn. We were to keep this up as long as we could feel heat coming off the skin. Hard to sit stil for, but I notice a very minor burn feels better if we do get it iced down.
I don't know how she fared. she was transported to Wichita and a burn unit.
Also had a 2 or 3 year old who pulled a cup of hot coffee on her and that was really hard to take. Had to use a papoose board and besides being scared, crying and just plain upset. Parents weren't helping anything.
Then one of my isolation patients who was a tweener.........I think don't remember her age.but young got a nightgown too close to the heating stove and I had to take her to have her skin debreed (not sure of that spelling) she had to be put into a vat of water and the skin removed to promote healing......just very nasty........I know Burns are the worse a body can go through and any thing that helps ;. sugar, egg whites or just plain TLC is a must. Oh, never, never put anything on a burn, I don't care how minor. Now, Sunburn is different; vinegar and whole milk cream will take the sting out after awhile. Learned this from my dad when he went trout fishing and turned red red red. Started with the vinegar and after using that for a bit I was only 6 so brain isn't quite sure how much how often....but I saw them use it and I smelled dad (LOL) while he was using it. sorry for the long note, I love talking about my nursing patients and miss it. Oh, well. back to my book.