Obviously this time it wasn't hot enough
but I did learn in my first aid course that you shouldn't take off the clothing that's been scalded because it can take the skin off with it. That's what happened to Harvey, Jordan's baby. He scalded himself in the bath and she tore his trousers off, which took his skin with it, yeeshk.

Glad he's ok though. My first burn was only two years ago when I started the job I'm doing now. I'd only been there two days and I put my arm through the kettle steam trying to reach my toast. BELM. They put up a sign saying "caution: hot", which embarrasses me every time I go in the kitchen.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 19 May 2010, 15:37, Reply)