Process

1. As a first aid, you should first hold the burn affected skin under cold running water.
2. See if the skin is damaged or not. Clean the wound and dry it with a soft cloth.
3. If the skin is quite damaged then use a sterile gauze to absorb the water from the wound.
4. Now, apply a layer of ointment on the wound which will prevent the gauze from sticking around the wound.
5. Cover the wound using sterile gauze.
6. Now, put the aluminum foil over the wound and fasten it using a bandage.
7. Allow it to remain till the pain of burn will vanish.

Alleviate Phantom Pain using Aluminium Foil

According to research, phantom pain can be well treated using aluminum foil. The findings of a research work on the topic amputees published in the reputed journal ‘British Journal of Pain’ provides that the post-amputation pain was found to be minimum in the case of patients whose limbs were properly wrapped in aluminum foil as compared to the other patient who hasn’t got the aluminium foil treatment.