Wound Dressings

First aid supplies designed to protect wounds promote faster healing

First aid dressings are used to prevent infections to open wounds as well as to promote its healing. These two facts make dressings a necessary item in all first aid kits and emergency supplies. Dressings should be used in conjunction with bandages as the latter are necessary to keep the former in place and prevent its dislodgement. Some examples of dressings are gauze pads, gauze rolls, non-adhering dressings and transparent dressing.

Dynarex® Sterile Gauze Pads

Starting at $10.10

Box of 100 Each

Dynarex® Stretch Gauze Bandages

Starting at $6.28

Box of 12 Each

First Aid Only™ Non-Sterile Gauze Roll Bandage H245

$4.59

Pack of 10 Each

Kendall Curity™ Non-Adherent Strips 6112

$41.44

Box of 50 Each

First Aid Only First Aid Only® Conforming Gauze Roll Bandage M219-12

$17.64

Bag of 12 Each

First Aid Only™ Sterile Eye Pad

$1.32

Each

American White Cross Eye Pads 17570

$17.44

Box of 50 Each

Dynarex® Multi-Trauma Sterile Dressing 3532

$1.99

Each

Johnson & Johnson® First-Aid Gauze Pads

$5.40

Box of 10 Each

3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressing MMM1624W

$2.16

Each

Dynarex® Surgical & Post-Op Sponges

Starting at $2.34

Box of 50 Each

First Aid Only 3 x 3 Sterile Gauze Pads I211

$4.30

Pack of 20 Each

First Aid Only® Gauze Pads

Starting at $0.92

Each

Dynarex® Krinkle Gauze Rolls 3161

$2.51

Each

American White Cross Sterile Gauze Pads

Starting at $1.60

Box of 10 Each

Dynarex® Non-Adherent Pads

Starting at $7.20

Box of 100 Each

First Aid Only™ Self-Adhering Cohesive Wrap

$4.56

Each

Dynarex® Sterile Combine Pads 3501

$4.01

Box of 20 Each

International Bandage Company Field Dressing F-4

$2.33

Box

It can be easy to confuse dressings and bandages as the two are often used together. The thing to remember is a dressing is directly in contact with the wound while a bandage is used to hold the dressing in place. Medical dressings serve some important functions:
To prevent infection
To prevent bleeding
To promote healing by encouraging epithelialization
To ease pain
As a medium for removing slough and foreign objects from the wound (debridement)
The most common material for dressings is sterile gauze which can be impregnated with medicine, but there are also dressings in the form of transparent film.