A PLASTIC DRESSING (AEROPLAST) FOR BURNS AND SURGICAL WOUNDS

Abstract

A project to develop a rapidly applied, sprayable, film-forming plastic to be dispensed from aerosol bombs or other spraying equipment, for the mass local therapy of burns was begun. This report of the achievements of this project is divided into three Sections: Section 1 is concerned with the treatment of experimental burns on hogs with the plastic dressing and the evaluation of the plastic for possible local and systemic toxicity. Section II deals with studies on comparative wound healing rates in rats using the plastic dressing and a control dressing of vaseline gauze. Section III describes the clinical trials of the aeroplast dressing on burns and a wide variety of surgical wounds in humans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0006900

Entities

People

  • Daniel S. Choy

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Burns
  • Clinical Trials
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Medical Personnel
  • Necrosis
  • Skin Diseases
  • Skin Grafts
  • Tissues
  • Wound Healing
  • Wound Infections
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.