Bandage pack

Bandage pack with aluminized wound pad in sterile packaged (above) and opened state (below)

A bandage pack (also aid dressing or moment association called) is a dressing material in which a wound dressing with a gauze bandage is fixedly connected. It is used for quick first aid for medium-sized wounds.

It is packaged sterile , recognizable by the sterile symbol printed on it in accordance with DIN EN ISO 15223. In addition, a stylized hourglass indicates the expiry date until which the item can be safely used. Therefore, these articles should only be used within this expiry period.

In contrast to the gauze bandage, the bandage pack with its wound pad can be used directly for wound care. It is closed with a plaster strip , bandage clip or, if necessary, with a knot.

First aid packets are standardized in Germany in DIN 13151. According to DIN 13164, they are a prescribed part of the vehicle first-aid kit .

First aid kit from the Bundeswehr from 1962

First aid packets were known under this name at the beginning of the 20th century and were part of medical equipment for soldiers, for example.

literature

• Thomas Heyartz, Hannes Rohjans: Health, first aid, swimming and rescue teaching . 4th edition. Litho-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-941484-45-0 , p. 99 ( Google Books ).

Web links

Commons : First aid kit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: first aid package  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ First aid material - First aid kit B, "Vehicle first aid kit". German Red Cross , January 1, 2014, accessed September 8, 2014 . 
2. ↑ German military medical journal. Quarterly reports from the field of military medical and supply systems. ES Mittler & Sohn, 1914, accessed September 8, 2014 .