If you have a cut, the first test is whether you can stanch the bleeding. Hold a thin piece of gauze over the wound and press down tightly; thicker bandages will lessen the pressure of your grip ...

Mepitel, Mepilex, and Mepilex Border (Molnlycke Health Care) feature a unique dressing technology called "Safetac." These products are silicone based which results in decreased trauma and pain ...

After the wound is trimmed, cleaned and firmly packed with dry, sterile gauze, and while the patient is still anesthetized, Dr. Trueta applies a plaster of Paris cast directly over the wound ...

A Hong Kong patient has found gauze measuring up to 18.5cm (7.3 inches) in length in his scrotum, two months after an ...

Skin becomes thinner, less elastic, and more easily breakable over time ... For mostly dry wounds, breathable dressings such ...

If so, you or an adult probably cleaned the wound, stopped the bleeding, and then placed a bandage over it. Try this activity to compare ... Regular bandages have a small rectangular piece of cotton ...

THINK PADBand-aid, as per Google’s definition, is a piece of sticking plaster with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor wounds — a temporary solution to a wound at hand. It is said that they ...