Elastic adhesive wound dressing for control of bleeding and for dressing bleeding wounds

摘要

A compression dressing is disclosed. The compression dressing comprises a self-adhering elastic bandage strip designed for exerting a compressive force when wrapped around a body part sufficient to hold the compression dressing in place for a period of time to provide a therapeutic effect to a wound and an absorbent pad affixed to an inner side of a terminal portion or to a terminal end of the self-adhering elastic bandage strip.