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  2. Thermal burn - Wikipedia

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    A thermal burn is a type of burn resulting from making contact with heated objects, such as boiling water, steam, hot cooking oil, fire, and hot objects. Scalds are the most common type of thermal burn suffered by children, but for adults thermal burns are most commonly caused by fire. [2]

  3. Human Shadow Etched in Stone - Wikipedia

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    In this example of a flash burn 1.33 miles (2.14 km) from ground zero at Hiroshima, the paint on a gas holder was scorched and rendered lighter than it originally was by the thermal radiation, except for the places where the valve handle blocked the radiation, which retained the original (darker) color.

  4. Flash burn - Wikipedia

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    Flash burn is any burn injury caused by intense flashes of light, high voltage electric current, [1] or strong thermal radiation. [2] These may originate from, for example, a sufficiently large BLEVE, a thermobaric weapon explosion or a nuclear blast of sufficient magnitude. Damage to the eye(s) caused by ultraviolet rays is known as ...

  5. Yellowstone visitor scalded in thermal pool hot enough to ...

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    A New Hampshire woman suffered third-degree burns at Yellowstone National Park this week after accidentally breaking the crust of a thermal pool and plunging her leg into the scalding hot water ...

  6. Woman suffers third-degree burns walking in thermal ... - AOL

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    A 60-year-old woman received third-degree burns walking in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming this week, according to park officials.

  7. Radiation burn - Wikipedia

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    A radiation burn is a damage to the skin or other biological tissue and organs as an effect of radiation.The radiation types of greatest concern are thermal radiation, radio frequency energy, ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation.

  8. Scalding - Wikipedia

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    Scalding is a form of thermal burn resulting from heated fluids such as boiling water or steam. Most scalds are considered first- or second-degree burns, but third-degree burns can result, especially with prolonged contact. The term is from the Latin word calidus, meaning hot. [1]

  9. Thermal trauma - Wikipedia

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    Thermal trauma is any burn-related injury that can potentially lead to serious outcomes. There are various causes of thermal trauma, including fire, radiant heat, radiation, chemical, or electrical contact, [1] that can affect a person in many ways based on factors from anatomical and physiological factors. Depending on the severity of the ...