Foam dressing occupies an important place among the new modern dressings. It is also a wet healing dressing that absorbs large amounts of wound exudate and keeps the wound relatively moist, thus facilitating healing. Utilizing this property, it is often used to prevent pressure sores.
As we all know, the four major external causes of pressure sores are pressure, friction, shear and moisture, and it can be said that foam dressings can play a preventive role in all four aspects. Because of the pressure-reducing effect of the foam dressing, it can prevent the occurrence of the three forces; because the foam dressing itself has the property of absorbing water, so it can keep the skin dry; thus, from the two major aspects together to play a role in preventing pressure ulcers!
What you need to know about pressure sores
Pressure sores (pressure sores) are soft tissue ulcers and necrosis caused by prolonged pressure on local tissues, impaired blood circulation, and persistent local ischemia, hypoxia, and malnutrition. Pressure sores are also called bedsores.
Pathogenesis:Due to the blood vessels are compressed, resulting in poor blood circulation, the wound can not get effective blood and oxygen supply; and then the wound can not heal, wound ulceration surface is getting bigger and bigger causing death.
The main ways to prevent pressure ulcers, first of all: turn over often, usually once every two hours. Be aware of the presence of shear and friction forces when turning. The second is: to keep the skin dry, or not to leave it wet frequently or for long periods of time. In addition to these two measures, a pressure-reducing mattress or a pressure-reducing dressing is used to reduce the pressure on the stressed area. The most commonly used pressure-relieving dressings are foam dressings, especially those that can be removed repeatedly.
For stage I pressure ulcers, the use of foam dressings should also be considered as a preventive measure to prevent the pressure ulcers from developing further and skin breakdown occurs. Stage I pressure ulcers means that the skin at the bony prominence is intact with limited erythema that does not fade when pressed, and the damaged area is painful, hard, soft, hot or cold when compared with the surrounding adjacent tissues. The use of foam dressing can be very good decompression, improve the blood circulation of the local skin, is conducive to the healing of pressure ulcers.
Silicone foam dressing refers to a dressing covered with a layer of soft polysilicone as an adhesive layer or wound contact layer. The characteristic of the soft poly-silicone is to minimize the trauma and pain caused to the wound when removing the dressing.Silicone foam dressing can be divided into adhesive foam dressing without border and adhesive foam dressing with border, different kinds of foam dressings according to the different clinical needs, but in consideration of the better usability and comfort, it is the Silicone foam dressing that is the main product. Dressing with edge type foam dressing. Comparatively speaking, the edged foam dressings are less prone to crimping and last longer. Soft poly-silicone foam dressing can be used for 7-10 days. Repeated tearing of the foam dressing is beneficial to the nursing staff to observe the wound during shift change, which is more favored.
Adhesive foam dressing without border
Adhesive foam dressing with border
In addition, MDK MEDICAL produces different shapes of foam dressings depending on the site, such as the peach-center foam dressing, which is mainly used in the sacrococcygeal area. This makes the foam dressing more targeted and better used.
In addition to decompression, water absorption and repeated tearing, the outer layer of Silicone Foam Dressing is designed to be breathable, waterproof and effective in preventing the invasion of microorganisms, while the inner layer is designed to be soft and comfortable, so that it can be well adhered to the skin, and won't damage the skin when it is repeatedly torn and pasted. Repeated tearing and sticking is also convenient for clinical nursing staff to observe the wound during shift change, so the foam dressing is the routine choice for clinical use on pressure ulcers and other acute and chronic wounds.
Of course, Silicone foam dressing is not only used for pressure ulcer prevention, but also for pressure ulcer treatment. More comprehensively, because foam dressings can absorb large amounts of exudate, they are widely used on many wounds, such as diabetic foot, lower limb ulcers, burns, etc.
In fact, a wound does not use only one kind of dressing from the beginning to the end. For example, a foam dressing can be used first when there is a lot of exudation in the early stage, and then switched to a hydrocolloid dressing in the later stage. It is important to adjust the dressing used in a timely manner according to the changing conditions of the wound. During the wound healing phase, two or more dressings may also be used in combination for better wound care and earlier healing.
Foam dressings make wound care easier and more convenient, not only solving the problem of wound care with a large amount of exudate, but also solving the problem of needing to repeatedly observe the wound during shift change. Especially the soft poly-silicone edged foam dressing which is softer, more comfortable and better fitting, as well as pressure-relieving, breathable, waterproof and hindering bacterial invasion, has been welcomed by everyone. You can choose the appropriate foam dressing according to the different conditions of the wound, and use it in combination with other dressings if necessary to make the wound.
