Correct Option: C

A burn is an injury to the body’s tissue resulting from heat, chemicals, electricity or sunlight. Burns are often classified as first degree (those causing damage to the outer layer of the skin, the epidermis), second degree (causing deeper damage to the dermis, the layer beneath the epidermis),third degree (those causing the deepest and most severe damage — destruction of all layers of the skin and damage to tissues underneath. A steam burn is a burn caused by steam, usually from boiling water. Although the skin will not be charred, as would be the case with a flame burn, blisters and redness will appear. A third degree steam burn will penetrate deep into the flesh, and may be white, heavily blistered, and numb. The larger concern with steam burns is the airway, however. Inhaling steam can cause serious damage to the bronchial tubes, and could potentially lead to death.