How Does Vacuum-Assisted Closure Work? ‌Negative pressure wound therapy involves a special dressing connected to a pump that gently draws fluid and infection from the wound. A nurse will: Clean the ...

This film provides a comprehensive guide on first aid techniques, focusing on the application of dressings and bandages for various injuries. It explains different types of dressings, including ...

Few issues confronting long-term care administrators are more thoroughly vetted and researched than proper wound care techniques. But being rich in wound care information and poor in competent staff ...

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." Anonymous One of the most "puzzling" results of having so many dressings to choose from is the ...

"... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson The quest for the "ultimate" wound dressing ...

It is a staple of science fiction to mock sutures as outdated. The technique has, after all, been in use for at least 5,000 years. Surely medicine should have advanced since ancient Egypt. Professor ...

It's ironic that in order to see how a wound is healing, the dressing has to be removed, potentially setting back the healing process. A clever new bandage, however, continuously shows how the wound ...

An electric wound dressing can help heal injuries faster than existing methods, according to tests in rats. Previous research has found that applying electric fields across a cut can speed up wound ...

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. Image Credit: University of Waterloo To bring relief to this and other problems, ...