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Although its beneficial effect has been known for 200 years (Davies, 1982) the immediate application of cold water to a burn is a technique rarely performed by first-aid teams, and the few teams that do practice this restorative therapy lack precise indications as to its use.
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Richter, F., Fuilla, C., Michel, A., Julien, H. (1992). The early cooling of burns. In: Masellis, M., Gunn, S. (eds) The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-33973-3_38
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