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2. Negative-pressure wound therapy - Wikipedia

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   There are four types of dressings used over the wound surface: foam or gauze, a transparent film, and a non-adherent (woven or non-woven) contact layer if necessary. Foam dressings or woven gauze are used to fill open cavity wounds. Foam can be cut to size to fit wounds.

3. Emergency Bandage - Wikipedia

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   The Emergency Bandage is an elasticized bandage with a sewn-in non-adhesive pad. They are similar to elastic bandages used to treat sprain injuries, but have three unique features: A sterile non-adherent dressing to allow removing the bandage without reopening a wound. [2]

4. First aid kit - Wikipedia

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   Dressings (sterile, applied directly to the wound) Sterile eye pads; Sterile gauze pads; Sterile non-adherent pads, containing a non-stick teflon layer; Petrolatum gauze pads, used as an occlusive (air-tight) dressing for sucking chest wounds, as well as a non-stick dressing; Bandages (for securing dressings, not necessarily sterile)

5. Gauze - Wikipedia

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   Gauze veil Tutu Gauze swab Gauze balls. Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave.In technical terms, "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn, keeping the weft firmly in place. [1]

6. Tegaderm - Wikipedia

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   Tegaderm is a transparent medical dressing manufactured by 3M. Tegaderm transparent dressings can be used to cover and protect wounds and catheter sites. Advantages of Tegaderm include its breathability and conformation to the skin such that it adheres in places such as the fingers and toes. Tegaderm may also be used in "buddy strapping" of ...

7. Moral Injury: Healing - The Huffington Post

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   Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.