Note to avoid burns when baking food with alcohol

Many people in the habit of using alcohol to bake food. While convenient, this way also has the potential to cause burns to those sitting near. Especially in the tourist season, people often buy and give each other fish bags, dried squid. A bottle of alcohol, a plate is able to make fish dishes, delicious grilled squid, sip together.

Severe burns when grilling alcohol

Burns Department, Polynesian Polyclinic Hospital said that many people have to be hospitalized for burns due to alcohol consumption. Ms. Nguyen Thi L. (Hung Yen) traveling to buy ink bags should bake alcohol for everyone to eat. Being roasted, the big wind rose, causing her to be hit by fire. At that time, her hand was holding another bottle of alcohol so her whole body became a living torch. Although she was put on fire quickly, she still suffered severe burns in the face and neck area and weak condition.

Also due to grilling with alcohol, Ms. Bui Kim Kh. (Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi) was burned by fire on the skirt. In addition, because she was too panicked, she ran around the house and her relatives were not calm enough to put out the fire, so she was seriously injured, especially in the areas around the skirt.

Many people suffer burns from baking squid with alcohol.

At the end of 2014, Ms. Le Thi Cong L. (26 years old, Hoang Ngoc commune, Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province) was hospitalized with burns to 80% of her body with many deep and dangerous burns. It is known that, while grilling fish with alcohol, she was unfortunately able to drop the bottle of alcohol on her body. Do not close to the kitchen, alcohol fire has clung to make her sister burn.

Accidents caused by baking alcohol are not uncommon. Many cases of hospitalization in burns weigh more than 50% of the body. Alcohol burns often cause deep damage to the senses and respiratory tract, the risk of death is high. With the movement or face areas, alcohol burns easily leave sequelae that make the face less aesthetic, difficult to move.

If using unidentified dry alcohol, methanol extract, the user may be poisoned. When absorbed more through the respiratory tract, this gas causes eye irritation, headache, and severity also affects vision, nerves, .

How to bake with safe alcohol

Using alcohol to grill food is not a safe method, people should limit use. Just a little careless, accidents can happen. To minimize the risk, people should bake the ink in a sheltered place (both wind and wind), avoid power sources and heat sources. Do not sit too close to the kitchen, especially small children, need to bake squid through long tools. Should be lit with candles instead of paper.

If you want to add more alcohol, wait for the fire to completely turn off, pouring it little by little to identify the fire. Due to the white blood alcohol fire, many people do not see the fire, pouring alcohol into the kitchen will make the fire flare high, extremely dangerous. After finishing using it, wait for the fire to run out and then clean it up, do not clean the kitchen when there is still fire.

Only a small mistake when baking food with alcohol may cost you a life.(Artwork: Internet).

First aid for people suffering from alcohol burns

Alcohol burns are classified as fire burns , when the burn is detected, quickly put out the fire with water. Avoid panic cases that run around the house, relatives do not try to put out the fire. Burned clothes and shoes should be cut off instead of trying to take off. Quickly immerse the victim in cold water (16-20 ^o C), be aware that after 15-30 minutes it is not effective to soak cold water. Use tight gauze dressings and quickly transfer to a medical facility for first aid, avoid future deformities.

To avoid shock or infection of the wound, absolutely do not apply oil, fat, fish sauce, alcohol, . to the victim. Do not break the water spots.