Frostbite, in the middle of June, in my livingroom

So I'm now in the running for this year's Darwin awards.  Short story shorter: ice pack slipped below my shirt and was in direct contact with lower back for 25-minutes or so this morning.  I know, stupid  >  Anyway, warmed it up slowly and its moved from greyish-white to red, swollen and angry.  My biggest concern now is blisters.  I'm scheduled to spend 5 days touring the east side of Rainier starting on Wednesday and I'm concerned about my pack tearing the spot all up.  This probably could have been avoided if I had a "Safety Meeting" .

Knowing that message boards are always the best and most accurate source of medical information, any advice for aiding healing and heading off potential blisters?

Sounds like something I would do right before a big trip... I think the bad news is that the damage has already been done. I definitely wouldn't f with it. Try to keep it clean, dry and just hope for that it heals quick!

Good luck

This probably could have been avoided if I had a "Safety Meeting".

that's funny right there.

Wow, bad luck. Keep anything from rubbing it, don't do anything like bench pressing lying on a bench, wearing a wetsuit, or wearing a pack before Wednesday, and call tomorrow and get an appointment with a physician who knows about serious skin injuries like frostbite. Some family physicians are all over it, but it could mean a clinic visit with a trauma/burn surgeon, a dermatologist, or a plastic surgeon. You will probably need an antibiotic impregnated or bacteriostatic bio-occlusive dressing placed over it before you leave to prevent rubbing inducing infection.