Absorbent pad and thermal pack

An absorbent pad and thermal pack for absorbing a liquid discharged from a patient, comprising in combination:

• an outer sheet having an outer surface and an inner surface and made of a liquid impermeable material;
• said outer sheet having an outer sheet perimeter;
• an inner sheet having an outer surface and an inner surface made of a liquid permeable material;
• said inner sheet providing a moderate thermal barrier;
• said inner sheet having an inner sheet perimeter being less than said outer sheet perimeter;
• an absorbent sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface;
• means for affixing said outer surface of said absorbent sheet to said inner surface of said outer sheet for maintaining of said absorbent sheet in a position relative to said outer sheet;
• said absorbent sheet providing a substantial thermal barrier which is substantially greater than the moderate thermal barrier of said inner sheet;
• a thermal source comprising a flexible liquid impermeable container containing a chemical mixture which undergoes a thermal reaction upon activation of the chemical mixture;
• means for affixing said outer sheet to said inner sheet with said thermal source being interposed between said absorbent sheet and said inner sheet defining an exposed outer sheet perimeter of said inner surface of said outer sheet;
• adhesive means disposed on said exposed outer sheet perimeter of said inner surface of said outer sheet for securing the absorbent pad and thermal pack to a skin patient for enabling said thermal source to cool said patient and enabling any liquid from said patient to permeate through said inner sheet to be absorbed by said absorbent sheet;
• said absorbent sheet establishing a substantial thermal barrier between said thermal source and an ambient and with said inner sheet establishing a moderate thermal barrier between said thermal source and the patient for providing a preferential flow of heat between the patient and said thermal source relative to a flow of heat between the ambient and the thermal source;
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• said inner sheet being substantially thinner than said absorbent sheet for allowing the liquid discharged from the patient to migrate through said inner sheet to said absorbent sheet wherein a majority of the liquid discharged from the patient is absorbed by said absorbent sheet.