Hydrogel gauze wound dressing first aid burn dressing hydrogel for dry-scabbed wound

Hydrogel dressing

By keeping the wound moist, the hydrogel dressing assists in protecting your body from wound infection and promotes efficient healing. Hydrogel dressings generally come in three different forms, including:

• amorphous hydrogel: a free-flowing gel, distributed in tubes, foil packets and spray bottles;
• impregnated hydrogel: typically saturated onto a gauze pad, nonwoven sponge ropes and/or strips;
• sheet hydrogel: a combination of gel held together by a thin fiber mesh;

Machanisms:

1. Provide water to the dry scab to help wound debridement autolysis. The necrotic tissue can be wrapped separated and removed.
2. It can absorb exudates from the wound and keep the wound in moist environment.

Hydrogel dressing performance:

Hydrogel dressings are three-dimensional network of hydrophilic polymers, which consist 80% to 99% water or glycerin, and absorb minimal amount of fluid, but provides moisture to dry wounds.

Hydrogel dressings are used for dry, necrotic wounds, sloughy wound treatment, to prevent infections caused by prohibiting growth of microorganisms. They are also used for treatment of surgical wounds, burns, ulcers, and diabetes-related wounds. These are used for treatment of epithelial tissue, superficial burns, and other painful conditions such as arterial leg ulcers, and shingles, since it does not adhere to wounds like regular dressings and reduces discomfort.

Application:

In general, hydrogel is good for small or mild burns, whereas for deeper or larger burns you’ll probably want to use a hydrogel dressing. The benefits of using hydrogel are:

• Offers a cooling action to relieve pain and reduce the risk of further tissue damage;
• The gel provides a moist healing environment, which is beneficial for tissue repair;
• Risk of infection is reduced because the gel forms a sterile barrier over the wound;
• Hydrogel won’t stick to the skin, so pain and further tissue damage is minimised during dressing changes;

Hydrogel applicable to dry-scabbed, decomposed wound, and wound with cabity and sinus tract, all kinds of chronic wound, I-II degree burn wound, skin-donor sites and so on;

Hydrogels provide for moist wound healing, autolytic debridement and are able to absorb a minimal amount of fluid. They also add moisture to the wound bed, are non-adherent and assist with pain relief when applied cold.