In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 4 Dec 2020 18:17:12 -0500,
wrote:

On 12/4/20 6:03 PM, micky wrote:
What do you call the bandage-like stuff that they put on wounds in
places where band-aids don't fit. It's like translucent rubber, sticks
tightly to the skin and moreso to hair, and the doctor called it by name
twice but he talked too fast for me.

I was hoping to google and find advice for removing it, 'cause as much
as I pull, some places it won't free up.


Skin Shield" maybe ?

https://www.medshopexpress.com/skin-...eliever-0-45oz

I think it's something like that, but 10 times as tough, 10 times as
hard to get off, and probly 2 or 3 times as thick.

https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-...-prodid-336846

https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailyme...f&type=display

to remove, nih says:
"To remove: peel off or apply a fresh layer of product over dry product
and using gauze, rub off gently while still wet."

Thanks a lot. I don't have any fresh product. The nurse told me to go
around the edges and be careful pulling lest I pull some of my skin
off!!

And using your and hub's leads, I found this
https://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/...ng-removal.pdf

This name also doesn't sound like what the doctor said, but the second
set of instructions sound like wha the nurse said, and the first set
sound even better:


Proper tape removal is critical in reducing the occurrence of traumatic
skin injuries. [So it only reduces them. Even proper tape removal
doesn't eliminate them. :-( I don't have tape, but the rest sounds
similar.]

3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressing.
Stretch method
Rub piece of tape onto one corner of the Tegaderm dressing. [I either
don't understand this line, or it was stuck too tight for tape to lift
it. But I managed to get my fingers underneath most of it.]
Gently lift edge.
With other hand, place fingers on top of dressing to support skin.
Gently stretch the Tegaderm dressing straight out and parallel to
skin. This will release the adhesion of the dressing to the skin. As the
Tegaderm dressing is loosened, you may either (1) alternately stretch
and relax the dressing or (2) “walk” your fingers under the dressing to
continue stretching it. With both approaches, one hand continually
supports the skin adhered to the Tegaderm dressing.

[I think I used number 1 mostly, but I'm not done yet.]

Tape peel method
This procedure is similar to the method described for removing tape
strips [above, not quoted here]
Stabilise skin next to the Tegaderm dressing.
With other hand, grasp one edge of the dressing.
Slowly peel dressing back over itself, “low and slow,” in direction of
hair growth. [I don't know what direction the hair grows there. Does
anyone keep track of that? She shaved the area but the bandage is now
bigger than the shaved area.] Removing dressing at an angle will pull at
the epidermis, increasing risk of mechanical trauma. As dressing is
removed, continue moving finger as necessary, supporting newly exposed
skin.


BTW, I have noticed with other tape on things, that pulling back at 180^
is more likely to get tape off nicely, without damaging the surface. I'm
sure most of you have noticed that too, and apparently it applies here
too. "back over itself, not at an angle".

So now I've got most of it loosened, except at the center. Right where
I think the wound was, a bunch of gauze is explosed, with all the vinyl
dangling around it.


This is definitely the hardest part of a cardiac catheterization (I
passed. Was told the stress tess in the PET scan was a false positive.)

The other interesting part was at the end after he'd taken out the
catheter and everything and was, I guess, trying to keep it from
bleeding. He leaned on my body with some of his weight, 20 or 30
pounds, over and over for 3, 4, maybe 5 minutes. I don't know when he
"poured" or however he applied this bandage, (before or after all this
pressing) but the "bandage" goes about 1" top to bottom but 6" left to
right, just where my body bends. At the end near the centerline, I
hadn't been shaved. Ouch. (I thought it would be 2 or 3 inches farther
down my leg but I suppose that varies, just like the places for blood
tests vary depending on where they find a vessel.)

I wish they'd included more and better instructions in the discharge
papers they gave me. The nurse spent 2 or 3 minutes on it but the
papers just say "Remove dressing in 24 hours". None of the details she
gave, let alone the added ones I would like. No url. And I was sedated
for the procedure. Not much and I was wide awake afterwards but surely
some people are still groggy. After all, they tell you not to drive and
she waited with me at the front door until a taxi came.

She also told me I could shower the next day but had to wait a week to
take a bath (because water could sneak into the wound). The papers they
gave me said I could do either the next day.

They sent me a form to review their procedures and I'll work from this
post and tell them all this.