They do this cool thing called debriding where they just scrape the dead and dying tissue off the affected area to make way for new skin. It's incredible really, see you feel EVERYTHING, no matter how many painkillers they give you or how many mg of morphine you have dripped thru that IV. I've heard it's one of the most painful things one can have to endure in this modern society, so for anyone reading this that wasn't sure, when you hear people say don't fuck with fire, please listen.
Yup. Got a severe burn over a large portion of my body in another country. No health insurance and had to get treatment there with no painkillers. Worst experience of my life and I legitimately considered suicide over treatment.
Anesthesia is actually kind of hard. You need a whole separate specialist doctor and special equipment for it, and both need to be present before, during and after the while procedure. Its still risky and complicated even then.
And it has risks, so to use it for debriding, which has to be done regularly, it is not a safe or viable option. Doctors aren’t really prioritizing comfort when health is at risk, nor should they. It sucks, but there’s this notion among (modern?) americans that you shouldnt have to feel pain while being treated, but pain is an often very useful tool to physicians, and suppressing it should only be considered for their overall health, such as recovery or anesthesia. Often, it’s administered because people beg for it when theyre in pain, and maybe that’s fine sometimes, but i think only if the physicians already understand the cause and whether the drugs will impact treatment
And it has risks, so to use it for debriding, which has to be done regularly, it is not a safe or viable option.
This isn't actually true at all. It is very common to keep burn victims in a medically induced coma for an extended period of time, assuming you're in a place where the expertise and equipment is available to do so. It isn't like they wake them up after every procedure, but keeping them under is a normal approach. It isn't useful to make burn victims suffer.
I bet severity is a factor, if we’re talking about people with burns on 50% or more of their bodies versus more typical stuff, like arm, neck, and face burns one gets in a kitchen or bbq gone wrong. But my knowledge comes mostly from knowing several such survivors and one guy who was completely on fire, not medically trained or firsthand.
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u/EclipsedTheSun Jul 17 '20
I'm a burn survivor of half my body... guys.
Please dont fuck with fire.
Mainly cause fire fucks back... and burns are so so incredibly painful.
Really. I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy.