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Cold water is the opposite of what you want to put on a burn. Blisters are a reaction to the rapid change in temperature not the heat.
I mean, you definitely don't want to put hot water on a burn.
Depending on the severity and type of the burn, and the amount of time that has passed (ideally none), actually yes you would.
I'm guessing that hot in this case means slightly warmer than body temperature, not boiling right?
Sounds very counterintuitive, you got a source for that?
Most reputable sources will specifically say “not cold”. Both first aid trainings I have taken have outlined specific cases where starting with warm and then moving slowly to cool water will help prevent blisters.
YMMV.
Ah okay, yeah using warm water (near human body temperature) makes sense to me. The person you replied to said hot water so I assumed you were talking about that.
Hot water and warm water are different things
but OCD and OCD are the same lol
They specify cool as the appropriate temperature. They don't want people putting ice water on burns. The water is mostly to clean the wound and for pain management, as cooling the burns eases the pain temporarily.
I've never heard of treating a burn with warm water, that would be painful.