“At some point, you just pull off the band-aid and it hurts. But then its over and it hurts, but then its over and you’re relieved”. – John Green. The adhesive bandage, or now known under its commercial name the band-aid is a invention discovered by Earle Dickinson in the 1920s made form gauze and plastic to heal minor wounds. The adhesive bandage went thgrough a lot of development to be the what it is today. The bandage was developed from the original methods that were used in the 1920s. Earle Dickinson was trying to make a more durable and easy to use bandage for people that were injured including his wife who kept injuring herself in the kitchen. The concept of the bandage was to use a piece of gauze on an adhesive tape so you can cut it to be utilized.
Also in Johnson & Johnson introduction into the market only resulted in $3000. This is mainly because the size of the bandage. To promote the product and introduce a strategy the company gave band-aids to the boy-scouts of America which increased the awareness of the brand and that lead to customer loyalty which created success for
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Without the band-aid cuts would get infected which could lead to diseases. The band-aid is also very important in the hospital. Most of the time when people think of a band-aid they rhink of the small light brown one for cuts and scrapes. In hospitals band-aids are used to keep ligaments in place, to cover a wound. Without the band-aid our world would be unsasnitary, with thousands of diseases.
To conclude, the initial development and progression of the band-aid went through a lot of change and market understanding before it was able to take off as asuccesful product in the market. I was able to conclude that the band-aid is a victorious invention that has increasingly grown popular and b ecome a staple in nmany
Special dressings and bandages can be used to protect and to speed up the healing of pressure sores.
Band-aid is one of the most popularly known current products, invented in 1920 by Thomas Anderson and Earle Dickson. The purpose of the product was to serve as a economical, easy to use first aid for minor injuries. In the early 1920’s, Canada had shifted economical paths from agricultural to industrial activity, in regards to Urbanization. This evolution meant more people would be working in harsh factory conditions in cities, than on the fields. The uncertainty of safety, access to healthcare ,and affordability were all issues the average Canadian working in the labour department faced in 1920, all things that the band-aid marketed to. It is estimated that the average price for a pack of band-aid was 10 cents when the product was first launched.
When nursing comes to mind, it is common to think of only acute care nurses working the floor of the local hospital. However, nurses work in a variety of settings, one of which I was able to witness at St. Mary’s wound clinic. Of the five patients that I was able to interact with here, one of the most interesting was the case of a 33-year-old male patient who presented to the clinic with a venous leg ulcer. The ulcer, located on the lateral portion of the lower leg just below the patient’s calf, was draining a significant amount of serosanguinous fluid. Additionally, cellulitis infected the entire calf area, while the skin immediately surrounding the wound
Let’s go way back, all the way to 1861, the beginning of the Civil War. The Civil War was a battle between the Confederacy (south) and the Union (north). This was a battle to end slavery in the south. There were about 1,264,000 soldiers that died, and about 644,000 people were injured. As you may know, our medical field has drastically improved over the years since then. But back at that time, there wasn’t a lot that was yet to be known. As the Civil War progressed in its dreadful ways and occurrence of common wounds, that would be the main topic that will be addressed. Now sit back and relax, as we take a trip back to the past of battlefield medicine during the Civil War.
Integra is a synthetic wound dressing frequently used to treat burn wounds (Figure 5). It is a bilayer composed of bovine tendon collagen glycosaminoglycan (chondroitin-6-sulphate) cross-linked to it, onto which a silicone (synthetic polysiloxane polymer) membrane is sealed to the upper surface to act as a protective temporary epidermis. The silicone layer is applied as a liquid monomer; curing occurs on the surface of the collagen at room temperature. It serves to control moisture loss from the wound. Water flux across this silicone membrane is the same as that across normal epidermis. The collagen-GAG matrix contains pores ranging from 70 to 200 µm that are invaded by host fibroblasts upon application to an excised wound bed. The pore size was carefully designed by adjusting the collagen-GAG mixture. In GAG-free collagen, the resulting structure was more closed than in collagen-GAG matrices. Smaller pores can delay, or even prevent, biointegration, whereas larger pores would provide an insufficient attachment area for invading host cells. Freeze-drying procedures followed by slow sublimation are used to control pore size too. The degradation rate of 30 days of the collagen-GAG sponge is controlled by glutaraldehyde-induced cross-links. The polypeptide collagen is used for its low levels of antigenicity (it has minimal rejection potential) and because it exerts a hemostatic effect on vascular wounds. Collagen is already found in skin. It is degraded by collagenase deposited
This research critique is an article called Comparison of suture types in the closure of scalp wounds written by Joseph Bonham and published in Emergency Nurse. In the emergency room two different types of sutures permanent and non permanent sutures are used as well as glue for lacerations. Scalp wounds are difficult as pressure to wound as well as the hair of the scalp. The research discusses the end result of the research the amount of scaring left after the wound has healed.
Today, our medical field has never failed to advance in treating wounds painlessly, you’d be taken aback by how wounds were treated during the Civil War. No one can lie that the war all started due to slavery. The South, the confederates, and the North, the union, were both against one another. The confederate states, the south, Wanted to continue having slavery. While the North, they wanted equal rights for everyone. This controversy started the Civil War. The Union had more soldiers and more firearms, compared to the South that only had way less supplies. With the battle between the Union and the Confederates, there is no doubt about the many injuries that occurred.
Amputations were intended to prevent gangrene, which is a deadly complication resulting from obstructed circulation or bacterial infection ("History of Medicine," 2011). When legs were amputated, patents waited for artificial limb designs to be accommodated for them. Around 150 patents were issued for artificial limbs between 1861 and 1873, the industry then expanded to benefit the veteran population ("History of Medicine," 2011). It costed veterans $75 to buy an artificial leg and $50 for an arm, the Confederacy then provided financial assistance in 1864 for purchases ("History of Medicine," 2011). Gunshot and explosive wounds carried many types of injuries with them like comminuted fractures, compound fractures, and wounds of joints ("The Call," n.d.). Comminuted fractures are where the bone is broken, splintered, or crushed into different pieces, which demands amputation ("The Call," n.d.). While compound fractures on the other hand are when bone comes through the skin; May require amputation if in a large limb like a leg, thigh, arm, or forearm ("The Call," n.d.). Injuries that almost always needed amputations were wounds to the joints such as the knee joint, elbow joint, shoulder joint, wrist, ankle, and hip joint. Most of all of these injuries could have been treated with better care with the medical procedures we have
Similarly in the study by Gupta et al (2015), a higher incidence of wound infections were found when using staples compared to patients receiving a nylon suture. The nylon suture is different from the vicryl suture and as a non absorbable material and have different properties to that of the vicryl suture. This however was a much bigger sample size of 513 patients, randomised into two groups, 262 patients receiving a nylon suture and 241 patient’s staples as closure material for their wounds after orthopaedic surgery. It was concluded that as many as 36 patients in the staple group contracted infections compared to the 14 patients in the nylon suture group. Also recorded in this study was the incidence of wound dehiscence and a higher number were found in the patients that received staples at 29 patients compared to 25 in the nylon suture category. Murphy et al (2004) mentions that removing the nylon sutures were more painful to patients and took longer than having skin staples removed. Nylon sutures are non-braided and have a reduced risk of infection as it lacks the grooves and rough surface for pathogens to attach
I have significantly developed my skill in wound care assessment and dressing, in developing this skill I now recognize the importance of documenting each dressing. Morison (2001) supports this in saying that by detailing pressure ulcer assessment it provides a basis for deciding the effectiveness of the current treatment.
Infection was a serious case back then because antibiotics weren’t around until the late 1920s. Doctors used all of their meds to prevent infection but none can do so they did the practice of ‘debridement’ where they cut the tissues around the wound to prevent other tissues from being infected and after the tissue was cut away, the wound will be sealed.
Barrett (2009) concurs that, the management of wound required dressing that can maintain a moist environment, absorbs exudates as well as remain in situ over number of days.
The band-aid is important since it prevented people from getting diseases or infections. Also, the band-aid was able to let people still do everyday activities by still keeping their cut(s) protected. This shows us that more people were healthier from keeping their cuts protected rather than leaving them uncovered and opening up the cut. Medical advancements were on the rise at the time, and the band-aid allowed people to get common medical treatment at
Wound management is one of the cornerstones for nursing care however, effective wound care extends far beyond the application of the wound itself. Nurses may be required to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate wound care; therefore, order to fill these roles it’s critical to have an understanding of the several different areas of wound care such as, integumentary system, classification of wounds, wound procedures, and documentation. Knowledge in each of these areas will allow nurses to make well informed decisions about wound care, and as a result play an active part in wound healing.
In this paper we will present critical analysis on the different views on nursing the wound dressing focusing primarily on the possible infections ranging from technique to use of silver to the overall impact made by these choices.