How Do You Treat A Hydrofluoric Acid Burn?
• Flush the burn area under a safety shower or suitable hose. Continue flushing the area for fifteen or more minutes. • Remove all contaminated clothing immediately. This will prevent more acid from touching the skin. • Have another person seek medical attention for you. • Massage a generous amount of calcium gluconate gel into and around the burn. Keep applying gel for at least twenty minutes. Do one of the following after flushing the burn: • Immerse the burn area in a solution of 0.2% iced aqueous Hyamine 1622 or 0.13% iced aqueous zephiran chloride, if available. • If you cannot immerse the burn, soak a towel in one of the solutions above and press it onto the burn. Change the towel every two minutes if possible. • Have a physician inject a sterile aqueous solution of 10% calcium gluconate beneath, around, and in the burn area. Use no more than 0.5 cc per square centimeter at first. Seek additional treatment if the pain is not relieved. • Flush the eye(s) with large amounts of wate
