Since 2013, David Alvarez has been the Florida area sales manager for ACell, Inc., in Tampa, Florida. As head of a team of 12 sales people at ACell, David Alvarez led this group to the number one position in the company for sales of wound products.
While wound care products are growing in complexity and efficiency, the treatment of wound care is as old as medicine itself. In fact, one of the oldest medical documents ever discovered is a clay tablet from 2200 BCE which relates the “three healing gestures” of cleaning, making the plasters, and applying a bandage.
The plasters referred to a combination of mud, herbs, oil, and plants that were used to dress the wound for protection and absorption. Oil was used to prevent the dressing from sticking to the wound and additionally functioned as an antibiotic. Beer was also used in caring for wounds by the ancient Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
Since the wound care described in some of the earliest-known medical treatments the science has evolved, with each generation passing down any new knowledge gained. Today, the recent advent of new technologies has substantially grown the field of wound care management, and new products are making wound care easier and yielding better results.
