Water-Jel Technologies

Hi John,

I just stumbled across your website and thought you would be interested in the following.

Please let me know if you’d like a sample of Burn Jel Plus (made by Water-Jel Technologies which is used by firefighters and EMS workers). This product is perfect to keep around in case of accidental burns.

Thanks,

Amy

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Exclusive Supplier of Burn Care Products to the U.S. Military Delivers Safe and Effective Treatment for At-Home Use

When a household burn occurs, every second counts Doctors warn patients, especially parents, to be prepared!

It can happen in the brief moment you look away from the stove, or answer the phone while running a bath.  Every 25 seconds someone in the United States is burned or scalded in their home, according to the American Burn Association and the Burn Foundation, with more than two million burn injuries reported each year in this country.  Children under five years old most frequently experience burn injuries in the kitchen, with the bathroom being the second most common area.  Hot water scalds are the leading cause of accidental death in the home for children under five and account for 60% of the burn injuries in children under 14. 

The statistics are sobering, yet many people know little about treating burns or are prepared with appropriate first aid materials in their homes.  Fortunately, Water-Jel Technologies, the world’s leading provider of professional burn treatments used most by EMS workers, has developed Burn Jel Plus, an effective and easy-to-use over-the-counter treatment for minor burns.

Using the same water-based, water-soluble technology as Water-Jel’s professional products, Burn Jel Plus also contains Lidocaine for fast-acting pain relief.  It provides controlled cooling of the burn site by acting as a heat exchanger.  Burns are an evolving injury in which tissue damage can increase until the burn temperature is lowered enough to stop the burn process.  Burn Jel Plus is particularly efficient at lowering the temperature of a burn because heat is released through the outer surface of the gel and into the air, resulting in rapid heat transfer out of the wound. 

“It is essential to quickly and consistently cool the area when a child gets burned,” says Dr. Daniel Rifkin, a pediatrician at Penn State Children’s Hospital, assistant professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, and former volunteer firefighter. “Even simple burns from hot water or coffee can lead to ongoing skin injury if the heat is not removed rapidly.”

As anyone who has run their hand under cold water after a burn can testify, that method has its limitations. When heat is transferred from the wound through evaporation of the water, the surface temperature lowers. But heat emanating from deep within the burn rises to counteract the cooling effect of the evaporating liquid, which then requires a new application of water. This explains why the relief from holding a burn under a running faucet is only temporary.

“You can hold a hand under a faucet, but how do you hold a knee or shoulder or face of a child under running water if he is too big to lift?” asks Dr. Rifkin. He also warns “using a wet paper towel is impractical and ineffective as it heats up quickly and valuable time is lost while you’re re-soaking it.  Other home remedies such as butter, ointments and creams may even exacerbate the wound because they cause more damage by trapping heat in the burned skin and creating a risk for infection.  Ice, butter, or other food substances should also never be applied to a burn.”

Burn Jel Plus can safely be applied to the face or other skin surfaces. It is now widely available across the country at stores including CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Wal-Mart at the suggested retail price $8.99.

For more information visit: www.BurnJelPlus.com

About Water-Jel Technologies 

For over 25 years Water-Jel Technologies has been the leader in the burn care industry.  The company is the exclusive supplier to the U.S. military and Water-Jel products have been used everywhere from battlefields to oil refineries to manufacturing and utility facilities throughout the United States and the world.  When covering the London bombings of 2005, TIME Magazine pictured a victim on the cover with a Water-Jel product on her face. Water-Jel products are standard supplies for emergency medical technicians around the world.

Scalds and Burns

Many of the children who go to Accident and Emergency with a burn or a scald are referred on for further hospital treatment. Recovery may be long and painful and many are left with permanent scarring.

Hot drinks cause most scalds to children under the age of 5. A child’s skin is much more sensitive than an adult’s and a hot drink can still scald a child 15 minutes after being made. Young children are also very vulnerable to sunburn.

Hot bath water is responsible for the highest number of fatal and severe scalding injuries among young children. Around 500 children, mainly under fives, are admitted to hospital and a further 2000 attend A and E departments every year as a result of bath water scalds.

Children can also suffer burns after contact with open fires, a cooker, irons, curling tongs and hair straighteners, cigarettes, matches, cigarette lighters and many other hot surfaces.

Prevention

• Never hold a hot drink and a child at the same time.
• Never leave young children alone in the bathroom.
• Put hot drinks out of reach and away from the edges of tables and worktops.
• Encourage the use of a coiled flex or a cordless kettle.
• Keep small children out of the kitchen whenever possible.
• Run the domestic hot water system at 46°C or fit a thermostatic mixing valve to taps.
• When running a bath turn the cold water on first and always test the water temperature with your elbow before letting a child get into the bath or shower.
• Always use rear hotplates and turn the panhandles away from the front of the cooker.
• Keep hot irons, curling tongs and hair straighteners out of reach even when cooling down.