Doctor reacts: what’s on his hand?!

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[Florie]

Even the professional was speechless for a second 😭

[sophiemcclure]

i low key read that as refrigerator burn and I was like WTF!

[charlesrufaijr]

Bro was hit with super effective ice beam

people complain about HVAC bills but these people are skilled and MUST know what they are doing. they work with a lot of dangerous substances and equipment.

[LacieBranza-vqnp]

Omg. Hope he’s healed and living his best life!!

[deanbarnette]

I actually thought immediately that this was fake until she professionally explained it. 😮

[ZombieVenom]

The plot twist you ask? He WAS the professionals

[imainblastergeb]

I like how you gave an example of refrigerant as Freon those are almost the exact same thing lol. Those words are used interchangeably throughout the industry. Although Freon is almost phased out and used by the older generation and auto industry as freon back in the 30s was a brand name an automotive company came up with, but the identifiable labeling such as these examples were still the distinguishing numbers used r12, 410a, r34, r134a or r22. But the information on refrigerant burns was perfect and as to how this individual only got a burn on the back of their hand is perplexing and generally burns happen when you take gauges of the outdoor ports, and refrigerant shoots out as you unscrew on the top AND bottom of your hands

[Dr_woof]

Don't spray freon on your fingers huff it to achieve maximum brain damage

[lapisinfernalis]

As a chemist, I don't really work with refigerants, but a lot with liquid/solid gases (mostly nitrogen or CO2=dry ice).

The good thing is, that if you only get a small abount of liquid N2 on your skin, it will evaporate immediately, causing no harm. You can even touch it briefly. The same goes for solid CO2. You can even have some in your hand, but you need to move it around for it not to cause burns.

The safety standard is to wear special gloves, but I prefer not to wear them, because it is really bad if some liquid gas drops into the glove. Then the protective shield caused by evaporation does not work and you burn yourself.

[GojGoiOi]

I actually had this when I was kid.

It was when my parents left me unattended with their mini fridge. I started to scrape the snow looking things on the side of the freezer compartment of the mini fridge and had the brilliant idea of putting my hand flat into the exposed metal part of the freezer until it got stuck like a tongue on a icy pole.

I got freaked out that I thought doctors had to amputate my entire hand if went to the hospital and due to my stupid child mind it made me try not to call my parents and try to yank it out myself; until my sibling came and ask why I was hanging around the fridge for a long period of time.

And then I cried and my relatives started to call my parents and they gladly poured warm water to melt the ice sticking on my palm.

My palm looked snow white and I had no feeling. gladly my relatives told me to dunk it in warm water to get the blood flowing back into my hand.

After a few days my hand suddenly started to blister up and my parents and I had to go to a special dermatologist from afar since we lived in a pretty rural area at the time.

Edit: forgot to mention that they scraped the minifridge after that conundrum.

[cryogenicdragonvlogs]

my dad is a hvac guy and he said you have a higher chance of dying by electrocution than refrigerant burns as long as you dont mess around with your refrigerant you will be fine. But hes gotton zapped so many times hes got permanent scars on his arms

[HH_N_HB_FAN]

Fun fact: being burnt by like cold ice for example hurts more than being burnt by heat.

[yedhukrishna]

I'm an operator at an industrial seafood freezing plant I've been dealing with liquid ammonia for more than five years and it still scare the hell out of me if there is a leak in the system

[thatpantransguy]

I was always worried my dad would come home with this after working on AC units during summer busy days. He used to work up to 14 hour days all by himself going from call to call (he owned his own small business). The thing that ended his business was actually falling off a 2 story roof and crushing his shoulder and lower back. Thankfully he can still walk, but the paramedics thought they were coming to pick up a body that day 😳 they were shocked when he was talking normally and very responsive. All that adrenaline kept him from screaming in pain I guess.
That happened in 2012, and he hasn’t been able to work a day since 😢 we lost our house and had to move to a different state so we wouldn’t be homeless.

[chosaeternum]

As someone that handles hazardous materials like refrigerated CO2 and even showers in it from time to time that guy must have really goofed off to get that sort of exposure.

[MonzaRacer]

Basically its actually a "burn" as the refrigerant is boiling when it hits the skin. Refrigerent such as R134a boils at -17° F.

[KittMonsta]

That's why you don't wear gloves working with super cold stuff. If something like liquid nitrogen runs over your bear skin it will boil of immediately and you are fine. If your gloves get soaked in liquid gas it wont boil of and start freezing your hand. If you have to use gloves use full full coated vinyl. And here we also have the problem: if some liquid gas get's inside the gloves: you are toast. The best option is: no gloves and if something touches you just shake it of immediately.

[robert]

Those are the exact words I say to people who do first aid stuff but aren't really the EMS. I always say to them if you don't know what you are doing, then leave the stuff for the professionals. I know, I know learning first aid procedures are very important but sometimes people go beyond of what they actually know.