Nowadays, in picnic parties, people tend to use alcohol instead of mini gas stoves for their convenience and inexpensive. However, not everyone knows how to use safe alcohol.

So how to use the stove for safety? Here are some notes:

Limit the use of alcohol

Three common alcohol types are dry alcohol, alcohols and water alcohols. However, experts note the need to limit the use of alcohol because if poured out or dumped   on people will cause rapid fire and spread easily.

The incident of serving alcoholic drink boils, causing alcohol burns to many people recently in Can Tho is a typical.

Alcohol is almost explosive but very flammable. Watery diarrhea often leaves deep wounds, which are easily causing complications. Therefore, the user   must turn off the fire in the kitchen before allowing alcohol.

Careful methanol ethanol

Dried alcohol and alcohols are more used than alcohol and generally safer. Each time the alcohol is burnt is about half an hour.

The core of dry alcohol and ethanol are pure ethanol in combination with some other coloring additives.

Ethanol is considered to be a potential clean fuel that can replace fossil fuels in the future. In particular, gasoline E5 is the current fuel that uses ethanol.

Dried alcohol, jelly alcohol has the advantages of strong fire, long and no residue, no explosion or spill, no toxic substances, no smoke.

However, on the market, methanol ethanol is less than half the price of ethanol, which is a good base for many producers.

The methanol burns to produce poisonous vapors that burn, irritate the eyes, even make them less visually or affect the nervous system.

If you breathe gas when the methanol is burned, you will immediately get stunned, nosebleeds, even mucosal damage. In addition, when methanol alcohol penetrates into the skin, they can cause itching or allergic dermatitis.

The characteristic for identifying methanol alcohols is that when black smoke is burned up, it also produces a green flame, which has an unpleasant odor. Meanwhile, ethanol fire burns yellow, not pungent, when the bottom of the kitchen is full of water.

Therefore, when you burn, once the alcohol has methanol, you should stop using it. At the same time, when buying dry alcohol, jelly alcohol, you should choose products with clear brand information

Do not use alcohol, do not use the light box lit

Most of the accidents caused by alcoholic beverages are careless of the user. Especially, when adding alcohol to the kitchen when the fire is burning, it is easy to burn. Therefore, when buying alcoholic beverages, you should choose the easy to pull the kitchen to turn off the kitchen. At the same time, use alcohol, not hands.

When lighting fire in the alcohol, use paper or other intermediate materials. Absolutely do not use the lighter box to set fire directly because it is easy to cause burns, especially when your hands stick alcohol when opening the box.

When cooking, keep away from the stove, avoid exposure to smoke from the kitchen, while keeping room airy. Also, avoid using the cooker too large as it may cause the cooker to overheat.

How to deal with alcohol burns?

If you suffer from alcohol burns, the first thing to do is to quickly avoid the cause of burns, specifically the alcohol. Then, immediately remove the objects on the burned skin such as rings, rings, clothes … to reduce heat to the wound.

Keep your burned skin clean to avoid getting a serious infection. Soak the burned part in cold water to cool the wound, but do not use ice to cool the burn.

Do not let the wound come in contact with oil, grease, fish sauce … on the table or intentionally apply foreign substances to the burn area. At the same time, do not break the blisters if they have formed, not even peel the skin even if burned into clothing.

If emergency supplies are available, use a clean bandage or cloth to cover your burn. If the wound is severe, you need to move quickly to the nearest treatment facility.

According to Tuoitre.vn