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It fulfills functions which are very im- portant to human body like: @ protection and insulation; @ thermal regulation; @ perception (sensing); @ absorption; @ takes part in the water, electrolyte, fats and vitamins balance. However, you must keep in mind that a burn factor will cause conveying a tem- perature inside the body, even if it is re- moved (an intensity of conducting will be different depending on the various factors). For instance, if you are burnt by a hot barrel and you immediately take it away from the skin (what will be the most probably done automatically, due to a conditioned reflex), a temper- ature which has been transmitted to the skin surface, will still convey into it, destroying its internal structures. The Wallace rule of nines and a rule of the palm There are known different ways of assessing a size of burn. So, you are just to select the most suitable method to remember and improve it during a training. The Wallace rule of nines consist in determining various areas of the human body by multiplying their share in the total body area by 9%. So, e.g. a head is 9% of the body surface, and a chest – 18%. Only a perineum/genitals region is 1% (see the attached diagram). Unfortunately, it is rath- er complicated in the case of burns, in which a few overlapping body areas have been scalded. From my own experience, I can state that a child who spills onto himself a pot with hot water or a cup of coffee can have burns on his face (not entire), chest (also no on the whole), and even under the armpits and on his back, and in the area of perineum/legs. With such extensive burns calculating percent- ages is very embarrassing, so it worth to esti- mate a burn area using a different method. One of them consists in determining a palm of the sufferer with bended fingers as 1% of his body surface area. It is only an approximation, but it enables to estimate a surface area easier than n an interval of 9-18%. In the case of adults you can use your own hand in order to approximate a size of a burnt surface. Degrees of burns There are three degrees of burns: First-degree burns – redness of the epidermis, erythema, pain; Second-degree burns – redness with serous flu- id-filled blisters, intensive pain; Third-degree burns – degradation of the skin tissue, carbonation, no pain in the burn place; intensive pain in the margins.