Resilience is the ability to work with adversity in such a way that one comes through it unharmed or even better for the experience. Resilience means facing lifeâs difficulties with courage and patience â refusing to give up.
Most adults will suffer third-degree burns if exposed to 150 degree water for two seconds. Burns will also occur with a six-second exposure to 140 degree water or with a thirty second exposure to 130 degree water. Even if the temperature is 120 degrees, a five minute exposure could result in third-degree burns.
At 120 degrees Fahrenheit / 48 degrees Celsius, the recommended temperature setting for home water heaters, skin requires five minutes of exposure for a full thickness burn to occur. When the temperature of a hot liquid is increased to 140 F / 60 C. it takes only five seconds or less for a serious burn to occur 1. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and other hot beverages are usually served at 160 to 180 F. / 71-82 C. degrees, resulting in almost instantaneous burns that require surgery to heal.