The Importance Of Gadils

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.

Special dressings and bandages can be used to protect and to speed up the healing of pressure sores.

Kidney dialysis machines - often called as artificial kidneys are used to treat patients who have lost their kidneys during an accident or diseases they suffered.

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.

“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.

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 paper will be a research critique on the article “Frequent Application of the New Gelatin-Collagen Nonwoven Accelerates Wound Healing”, by Schiefer, J.L. and Rath, R, and each section will be examined using our textbook “Understanding Evidence-Based Practice”. The article’s main focus was on determining the effect of healing when using multiple collagen nonwoven applications to chronic wounds. Twelve mini-pigs where used to test this technique and the findings indicated that this method was promising, because the wounds had a faster healing rate when multiple application of gelatin-collagen nonwoven was used as treatment. Analyzing the articles components, we can see that although it does contain preliminary

My organ is the urinary bladder for the organ paper. The function of the urinary bladder is a storage container temporarily for urine, until it is expelled through the urethra. The elasticity of the bladder is unmatched as it has the ability to increase in size to make room for increases in urine volume from 600 to 800 ml at maximum capacity. The reason for this elasticity is due to the visceral muscles and transitional epithelium located in the walls of this hollow organ, that allows this distensibility enabling it to fill and empty multiple times every day. Another function of the bladder is to aid in expelling urine from the body by contracting the detrusor muscle as well as the relaxing of the urethral sphincter; the external urethral

To obtain relevant information about this topic, databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and EBSCO host were searched. Appropriate search words and phrases were used such as the following: “dressing types and diabetic foot ulcers”, collagen dressings, wet to dry dressings and “diabetic foot ulcer care”. The search was then narrowed by using only articles published in the past five years. The studies presented were then evaluated for relevancy and accuracy.

The purpose of this experiment is to test how scientists can most efficiently complete organ printing. In this lab, the cells will be suspended in a substrate called sodium alginate-collagen, hydrogel, and other reactants. These materials will react to then embed the cells to their goal location. Then, the cells will be able to be fixated into layers. These layers will then come together and form tissues, which according to biological organization will form organs. The inkjet bioprinter allows for this to occur. Tiny ink droplets form a digital design for the organ printing, and in horizontal sheets, the organ is created tissue by tissue. This lab will test to see which percent concentration of the sodium alginate-collagen composite will prove to be most effective when organ printing. The dependent factor that will determine the conclusion will be the percent of efficiency of cell survival rate. Four trials will be completed in which the same organ is printed and all factors are kept constant, except for the percent concentration of the substrate.

In 1920, Earle Dickson made an invention that would change every parent, child, and chef's life; the band-aid. His wife was a bit of a klutz; she frequently burned or cut herself while cooking. Dickson had a brilliant idea. He cut patches of gauze and applied them to strips of adhesive tape. He then covered the strips with the fabric crinoline. Dickson worked at Johnson & Johnson, and he thought that everyone there would be impressed with his idea. Sure enough, when he pitched the idea, his boss loved it. Without the band-aid, helping my wounds would be nearly impossible.

 Many transplant candidates die while waiting for an organ, whether it be a heart, lung, kidney or liver.  Yes, it is true that thousands of people are saved each year by organ transplantation, yet even more die each year waiting while their organs shut down.  "In perhaps the most dramatic example, the American Heart Association reports that only 2,300 of 40,000 Americans who needed a new heart in 1997 got one." (Mikos and Mooney 2).  The new strategy which seems promising is the development of what Dr. David J. Mooney of the University of Michigan and Dr. Antonios G. Mikos of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston call "neo-organs." (3).  In one aspiring procedure, the patient receives cells that have been harvested previously and comprised into 3-dimensional molds of biodegradable polymers, such as those used to make dissolvable

Wounds have a major impact on an individual’s quality of life due to many factors such as pain, infection, increase drainage and foul odor. Factors such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, nutrition, peripheral vascular diseases, vitamin deficiency, smoking, infection, stress, obesity, and medications can affect wound healing. The presence of those factors that can impede wound healing makes it crucial for accurate assessment, early diagnoses and appropriate treatments. Thus, choosing appropriate treatments in the management of chronic wounds is vital to wound healing. Silver dressings have been shown to be very effective in the treatments of chronic wounds and leg ulcers. Due to the advance in technology, the use of Silver has expanded. Nowadays, there are many types of Silver impregnated dressings such as elemental silver, inorganic compound, organic compound and silver nitrates. Choosing appropriate silver impregnated dressings is vital to wound management and cost savings. The roles of the CWCN is to obtain a thorough history, provide correct assessment and diagnoses, recommend appropriate treatments, educate staff and patients on types of dressings, intended/ adverse effects, proper dressing changes, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams such as dieticians for proper nutrition, physicians, surgery, vascular lab, nurses and so on. In addition, the CWCN is responsible to develop regular in service on wound assessment and new

Similarly, in a literature report, bacterial cellulose-collagen hydrogels act as a barrier against microbes and provide moisture (Moraes et al., 2016). It was also found that NCs wound dressings could be easily removed from wounds without causing any disruption in the healing process. Similarly, bacterial cellulose-vaccarin membranes have also been reported to better retain the wound fluid beneficial for enhancing healing in rats (Qui et al., 2016).

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