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Petroleum gauze is used as an occlusive dressing to seal lacerations or punctures to the abdominal cavity (aka sucking chest wounds) or the neck.
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What is gauze for?
Gauze is used for bandaging wounds, cuts, etc.
What is the thing called which is above the tripod in chemistry?
a heat proof mat ******************** In our chemistry lessons we knew it as gauze [a gauze mat]
Why does a flame not get extinguished when a wire gauze was placed on top of it in a candle observation chemistry lab?
A flame is not extinguished when a wire gauze is placed on top of it because the flame is still exposed to oxygen. The gauze has holes, through which oxygen can flow. Additionally, oxygen can reach the flame from under the gauze. Consequently, the flame is not extinguished.
What is plaster gauze?
a thin translucent fabric of silk, linen, or cotton.
What are mummies wraped in?
gauze or cloth
How can you make petroleum gauze?
Take any sterile gauze, and apply any type of unscented petroleum jelly to it. Only really safe to use on wounds if the jelly is clean and the gauze is sterile.
What is first thing to do if chest tube comes out?
put a petroleum dressing on it and over that a 4" by 4" gauze and tape down on 3 sides of dressing.
Do you add s to the end of gauze or es to the end of gauze?
Gauze is one of those words that we don't make plural. May I have some gauze? May I have five pieces of gauze. There is a lot of gauze on the floor.
What is a gauze made of?
Gauze is made of cottan
How do you use the word gauze in a sentence?
He wrapped his injury in gauze. The gauze curtains blew in the breeze.
Why was the gauze important?
The gauze kept the flies off of the meat.
How many syllables are in gauze?
The word "gauze" has one syllable.
Why a gauze is often placed over a burning flame for heating an object?
To prevent flame impingement on the vessel being heated, which could damage the vessel. A flame cannot pass through a gauze (or screen). as a proof you could set up a bunsen burner beneath a wire gauze. Turn the gas on and ignite the gas above the gauze. you will notice the flame will stay above the gauze. If you ignite the flame beneath the gauze and lower the gauze into the flame, the flame will not pass above the gauze. Yet, if you light both below and above the gauze you will have flame on both sides. Indicating that flames impinging on the gauze do not burn the gas completely and the gas will pass through the gauze.
What is gauze for?
Gauze is used for bandaging wounds, cuts, etc.
What is a gauze pads?
a sterile gauze pad is a pease of fabric that contanes no bacterea or viruses.
Why is it that an ice that is wrap in wire gauze does not melt when heated in a beaker of water?
Since the wire gauze is a good conductor of heat, all the heat is sttracted to the wire gauze
What is a sterile gauze pad?
a sterile gauze pad is a pease of fabric that contanes no bacterea or viruses.
