While camping, my daughter picked up a piece of steel which had been in a fire and left on the ground (courtesy of another child). Her hand sustained burns across the palm and all pads of all fingers. Her screaming was terrifying... I placed her under a running tap while I checked my med kit. I found the burns dressings I had bought only weeks before! After 30 minutes under cool water, I applied the gel and pad which soothed her burn substantially reducing pain. It lasted perhaps 90 minutes until it had absorbed its limit of heat and started to hurt again (with screaming pain). I repeated cool water and another burns kit, to good effect... Her hand did blister, though minimally. In my opinion it would have been far worse without the treatment.