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Thanks. All very helpful.
He hasn't been offered a plastics review. What does that mean? He is back in for review on Monday so will ask about it then.
t-v-
Plastic surgery. To see about the healing and scar.
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Sorry, it's easy to forget how confusing things can be when you're not immersed in the system.
Plastics surgery is (in simple terms) reconstructive surgery, including grafting for burns. Obviously this isn't severe enough for that, but it often falls under their. Hospital policy varies site by site depending on availability of services but worth asking if he would meet criteria for review there.
Not to be confused with cosmetic surgery (often called plastic surgery by the public) which is performed by plastic surgeons, but only forms part of the specialty.
skinny
IrPOWERranger
I suspect that will not have fully healed by 11 days and a public pool wouldn't be my number one place for a scabby wound.
Is he being offered a Plastics review? When I was on my Plastics rotation it was the hospital policy that all paeds burns were followed up in their clinic - your hospital's policy may be different obviously but worth checking.
It will depend on your risk aversion/level of pragmatism as to whether you want to rearrange the swim course. They may not even allow children with healing wounds?
You can get waterproof dressings and a non-adherent intermediate layer which will stop the scab sticking. Check waterproofness daily and reapply if necessary.
Realistically the answer you'll get over the internet will likely be more cautious or less definitive than one in a F2F clinic, as being unable to assess the patient and healing trajectory is a severely limiting factor (as with all questions in the thread).