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Woman walks on hot sand at beach, admitted to the burns unit with severely blistered feet

She'll be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of summer.

It was a hot 42.4ยฐC day in Fremantle, Western Australia, and Joanne Hall was just doing what so many of us have done before: she headed to the beach to cool off with a swim in the ocean.

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But little did she know that kicking off her thongs and running on the scorching sand down to the waterโ€™s edge would mean she would be later admitted to the burns unit of a WA hospitalโ€ฆ

Upon getting to the water, university student Joanne Hall said the pain from that short run alone almost caused her to pass out.

โ€œI kept [my feet] soaking for a good half an hour [in cold water] and my brother, stepdad and his friend arrived and had to carry me up the beach back to the car,โ€ she told the West Australian.

โ€œI was given pain relief, (morphine and entonox) and my blisters were debrided and dressed.โ€

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WARNING: the following pictures are of a GRAPHIC nature.

The 25-year-old has since taken to Facebook to describe her experience, including the fact the will have to spend the rest of summer in a wheelchair.

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โ€œA lot of soaking, being carried like the Queen of Sheba and a hospital visit later, and I have two bandaged-Mummy feet and a lovely new wheel chair to get around in,โ€ she wrote.

โ€œI have discovered a new appreciation for that little human invention called โ€˜shoesโ€™.

The take-home message? Donโ€™t leave your thongs in the car when you head to the beach this summer โ€“ keep them with you, or better still, keep them on your feet!

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