A foam pad attached to a portion of an elastically expansible cohesive article, e.g., a tape or bandage, the pad is placed over a wound, sore, or ulcer, and the remainder of the cohesive tape or bandage is wrapped around the afflicted body part, and the tape or bandage compresses the pad against the wound. Preferably, the foam pad is hydrophilic foam, the oppositely facing surfaces of the tape or bandage to which the pad is attached are each coated with a cohesive composition, the pad has a thickness greater than about 0.1 inches and is sized and adapted to cover a wound on a body part, and the longer elastically expansible tape or bandage is sized to wrap several times around the body part. The product may be provided as a roll in which the cohesive coated surfaces contact and cohesively adhere to each other, and may be in sterile condition in a sealed package. If intended for a single use, the product may include only a single pad.