1. The efficacy of Aloe vera, tea tree oil and saliva as first aid treatment for partial thickness burn injuries
- Author
-
Cuttle, Leila, Kempf, Margit, Kravchuk, Olena, George, Narelle, Liu, Pei-Yun, Chang, Hong-En, Mill, Julie, Wang, Xue-Qing, and Kimble, Roy M.
- Subjects
- *
ALOE vera , *FIRST aid in illness & injury , *BURNS & scalds , *ALTERNATIVE medicine - Abstract
Abstract: Many alternative therapies are used as first aid treatment for burns, despite limited evidence supporting their use. In this study, Aloe vera, saliva and a tea tree oil impregnated dressing (Burnaid®) were applied as first aid to a porcine deep dermal contact burn, compared to a control of nothing. After burn creation, the treatments were applied for 20min and the wounds observed at weekly dressing changes for 6 weeks. Results showed that the alternative treatments did significantly decrease subdermal temperature within the skin during the treatment period. However, they did not decrease the microflora or improve re-epithelialisation, scar strength, scar depth or cosmetic appearance of the scar and cannot be recommended for the first aid treatment of partial thickness burns. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Published
- 2008
- Full Text
- View/download PDF