FIRST FIELD DRESSING

(as per DGQA specification no.Prov/ S/4665/TC-1(a)/2016/01)

Recommended for:
To provide compression on bleeding point of the limbs

Surgiwear FFD is special bandage which can be carried by soldiers for immediate use in case of any grievous injury when stopping of blood is top priority. Owing to unique design of dressing, it can be applied by injured soldier himself and with one hand. FFD creates sufficient pressure to stop bleeding and is competent to maintain pressure to the wound till complete medical care is provided to injured soldier.

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SURGIWEAR FFD HAS
MANY IMPORTANT FEATURES:

Due to high elasticity of FFD, it can accommodate post injury swelling.
Medical grade pressure sensitive adhesive is provided at the start of dressing which enables in single hand application of dressing.
Hook and loop fastener (velcro) is provided in the end of dressing to enable ease of application and to negate use of other materials to hold dressing in its place.
To maintain sterility, FFD is double packed and supplied sterilized. The inner packing is of medical grade paper and polyester laminate whereas outer pack is made of transparent polyester laminate sheet.
It is supplied duly vacuum packed to reduce volume.

Wound pad is made of non leachable silver which is bactericidal. It prevents in growth of bacteria and kills the bacteria too. This helps in prevention of infection in wound.
The wound pad consists of super absorbent material. This absorbs fluid to almost 50 times of its weight. Due to high absorption property the dressing can absorb and withhold large quantity of blood.
Specially designed ridge is incorporated in FFD which generates pressure on bleeding point.
Another advantage of ridge is there are far less chances of gangrene. The blood circulation will be maintained from sides of ridge as the sides are pressure free.