Individual dressing package

Medical dressing package individual - enclosed in a protective sheath sterile dressing intended for first aid in case of injuries and burns.

An individual dressing bag consists of a gauze bandage (10 cm x 7 m) and two cotton-gauze pads (17, 5 x 32 cm), one of which is fixed at a distance of 12-17 cm from the end of the bandage, and the other can be moved along bandage to the desired distance. The bandage with cotton-gauze pads is wrapped in parchment paper, a safe pin is inserted into the fold, and packed in an airtight outer sheath of rubberized fabric that firmly preserves the sterility of the contents. On the package shell printed brief instructions and date of manufacture (Fig.).

Break the rubberized package shell along the notch edge, remove the paper bundle, remove the pin and unfold the paper. Then, with one hand, take the end of the bandage, with the other hand, roll it up and open the arms so that the pads are turned and flattened. You can touch the pads only from the side marked with colored thread. Their other side must remain sterile. When applying a bandage pads with a sterile side impose on a wound or burn in two layers (one on another) or next (in one layer), if the wound (area of ​​burn) is large.In case of a through wound, one hole is closed with a fixed pad, the other - with a movable one, moved along a bandage. The pads are pinned and the end of the bandage is secured with a pin.

When rendering the first medical aid use other types of dressing packages. Dressing bags with a damaged outer shell for imposing aseptic dressings unsuitable.