Procedures, materials and first aid actions that clean, protect and close wounds or stop bleeding, from removal of dead tissue and wound bed preparation to dressings, bandages, tourniquets and adhesives. A treatment belongs here when its own source describes it as a way of caring for a wound or controlling blood loss. It excludes operations on a named organ and tests used only for diagnosis. Each member is a surgical procedure entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Debridement (Wikipedia)
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Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
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Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
View the SourceWound bed preparation (Wikipedia)
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Wound bed preparation (WBP) is a systematic approach to wound management by identifying and removing barriers to healing.
Hydrogel dressing (Wikipedia)
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Hydrogel dressing is a medical dressing based on hydrogels, flexible, three-dimensional hydrophilic structures.
Cyanoacrylate (Wikipedia)
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Cyanoacrylates are a family of strong, fast-acting adhesives with industrial, medical, and household uses that are derived from ethyl cyanoacrylate and related esters.
Band-Aid (Wikipedia)
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Band-Aid is a brand of adhesive bandages distributed by the consumer health company Kenvue, spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023.
Emergency Bandage (Wikipedia)
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The Emergency Bandage or Israeli bandage is a specially designed, pressure bandage that is used to stop bleeding from hemorrhagic wounds caused by traumatic injuries in pre-hospital emergency situations.
Elastic bandage (Wikipedia)
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An elastic bandage (commonly referred to by the 3M brand ACE bandage or compression wrap) is a stretchable wrap used to exert localized pressure.
Emergency tourniquet (Wikipedia)
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Emergency tourniquets are cuff-like devices designed to stop severe traumatic bleeding before or during transport to a care facility.
Emergency bleeding control (Wikipedia)
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Emergency bleeding control describes actions that control bleeding from a patient who has suffered a traumatic injury or who has a medical condition that has caused bleeding.
Buddy aid (Wikipedia)
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Buddy Aid is a term used in the US military to describe first aid delivered by fellow troopers on the battlefield.
Tamponade (Wikipedia)
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Tamponade () is the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon, especially to stop bleeding.
Ligature (medicine) (Wikipedia)
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In surgery or medical procedure, a ligature consists of a piece of thread (suture) tied around an anatomical structure, usually a blood vessel, another hollow structure (e.g. urethra), or an accessory skin tag to shut it off.
Antiseptic lavage (Wikipedia)
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Antiseptic lavage is a means of washing, especially of a hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of warm water mixed with an antiseptic or antifungal solution.
Therapeutic irrigation (Wikipedia)
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In medicine, therapeutic irrigation or lavage ( lÉ™-VAHZH or LAV-ij) is cleaning or rinsing.
Negative-pressure wound therapy (Wikipedia)
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Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT), also known as a vacuum assisted closure (VAC), is a therapeutic technique using a suction pump, tubing, and a dressing to remove excess wound exudate and to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds and second- and third-degree burns.
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