Bottleshower Tap Head Kit – 500ml – 2 Litre

Description

DESCRIPTION

The Bottleshower ‘tap’ head increases the flow time of a 1 litre water bottle by up to 10 times. The Bottleshower tap head kit is becoming the standard for pre-hospital burns care. It works with water bottles from 500ml up to 2 litres. As standard, it uses a 200mm long air tube to ensure continued flow, but a longer air tube is included for use with larger bottles.

The Bottleshower™ heads work by using expanding air carried in via the air hole and tube to displace water in the bottle when it is upturned. This process works unaided and the bottle should never be squeezed. The black ‘O’ rings on the tapered neck are of varying sizes to ensure a perfect seal across the wide range of bottle necks available.

As part of the national Remove, Remove, Remove guidelines on exposure to hazardous substances, The Bottleshower now features in decontamination kits used by police forces nationwide helping to provide clean water washing and irrigation solutions.

Bottleshower™ is recognised by the British Burn Association and the National CBRN Centre as being an essential component when using water to dilute, cool and remove the effects of corrosive burns and treating contaminated wounds.

A recent report from the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care & British Burn Association highlights the following benefits of clean drinking water:

• Cool running water has been demonstrated to the most effective method of burn cooling and has beneficial effects on burn healing outcome.
• The optimal duration of burn cooling is 20 minutes.
• Water should preferably be drinkable to reduce risk of wound infection, non-pottable water should be avoided for burn cooling.
• The optimum delivery rate of water on a wound of between 1 – 1.5 L per minute to the burn area(s) .