Cooling extensive burns: Sprayed coolants can improve initial cooling management: A thermography-based study

Abstract This pilot study was designed to verify whether the spraying of coolant improves initial cooling in extensive burns. The cooling effects of 1 l of sprayed water and 5 l of poured water (at 22 °C) were tested; 53 healthy participants were cooled for 15 min over 18% of their total body surface, twice. Thermographic imaging measured the loss of skin temperature and assessed the homogeneity of cooling. With sprayed coolant the mean decrease of skin temperature was significantly higher ( p p