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Bandages are used to hold dressings over wounds, control bleeding, secure splints, and provide support to injured areas. The proper application of a bandage is important to aid recovery while avoiding infection or further injury. Common types of bandages include roller, tubular, and triangular bandages. Basic bandaging techniques involve circular, spiral, figure-of-eight, and recurrent wrapping patterns to securely cover wounds and injuries. Specific areas of the body may require special bandaging methods like a donut wrap for impaled objects. Proper bandage application and selection can help healing and prevent complications.

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Bandages

Bandages are used to hold dressings over wounds, control bleeding, secure splints, and provide support to injured areas. The proper application of a bandage is important to aid recovery while avoiding infection or further injury. Common types of bandages include roller, tubular, and triangular bandages. Basic bandaging techniques involve circular, spiral, figure-of-eight, and recurrent wrapping patterns to securely cover wounds and injuries. Specific areas of the body may require special bandaging methods like a donut wrap for impaled objects. Proper bandage application and selection can help healing and prevent complications.

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BANDAGES

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INTRODUCTION
The proper bandage properly applied
can aid materially in the recovery of a
patient. A carelessly or improperly
applied bandage can cause discomfort
to the patient; in many instances it may
expose the wound to danger of infection;
it may even imperil the life of the patient.
USES OF BANDAGES
• To hold a dressing in place over a wound
• To create pressure over a bleeding wound for
control of hemorrhage
• To secure a splint to an injured part of the
body, and
• To provide support to an injury part
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF
BANDAGING
• Never be applied directly over a wound; it
should be used only to hold in place the
dressing which covers a wound.

• Should be applied firmly and fastened


securely.
TYPES OF BANDAGES
• Roller Bandages
• Tubular Bandages
• Triangular Bandages
Roller Bandages
• An elastic roller bandage is used to
apply support to a strain and is
wrapped around the joint or limb many
times. It should be applied firmly, but
not tightly enough to reduce circulation.
• Cotton or linen roller bandages are
used to cover gauze dressings. They
come in many different widths and are
held in place with tape, clips or pins.
They can also be used for wound
compression if necessary, as they are
typically sterile.
Tubular Bandages
• Used on fingers and toes because those areas are difficult
to bandage with gauze.
• They can also be used to keep dressings in place on
parts of the body with lots of movement, such as the
elbow or knee.
Triangular Bandages
• Made of cotton or disposable paper
• They have a variety of uses:
• When opened up, they make slings to support, elevate or
immobilize upper limbs. This may be necessary with a broken bone
or a strain, or to protect a limb after an operation.
• Folded narrowly, a triangular bandage becomes a cold compress
that can help reduce swelling.
• They are used also for applying pressure to a wound to control
bleeding.
BASIC BANDAGING FORMS
• Circular bandaging
• Spiral bandaging
• Figure-of-eight bandaging
• Recurrent bandaging
• Reverse spiral bandage
Circular Bandaging
• Used to hold dressings on body parts such as
arms, legs, chest or abdomen or for starting
others bandaging techniques.
• We used strips of cloth or gauze roller bandage
or triangluar bandage folded down to form strip
of bandage (cravat).
• The layers of bandage are applied over the top
of each other:
• With the roll on the inner aspect, unroll the bandage
either toward you or laterally, holding the loose end
until it is secured by the first circle of the bandage.
• Two or three turns may be needed to cover an area
adequately. Hold the bandge in place with tape or a
clip
• Almost all bandaging techniques start and end
with a few circular bandaging turns.
Spiral Bandaging
• Spiral bandages are usually used for
cylindrical parts of the body.
• An elasticated bandage can also be used
to apply spiral bandaging to a tapered
body part. despite the increasing
diameter of the body part, the elasticity
will allow the bandage to fit closely to the
skin.
• With each spiral turn, part of the
preceding turn in covered generally by
1/3 of the width of the bandage.
Figure-of-eight Bandage
• Involves two turns, with the strips of bandage crossing each other at
side where the joint flexes or extends
• It is usually used to bind a flexing joint or body part below and above
the joint
• Can be applied using a roller bandage in two ways:
• Following a circular turn around the middle of the joint, the bandages should
fan out upwards and downwards. The turns should cross at the side where the
limb flexes
• The figure-of-eight turns can also be applied from a starting pont located below
or above the joint crease, working towards the joint itself. The cross-over points
will be located at either the flexing or extending side of the joint; the side where
the turns do not cross remains uncovered.
Recurrent Bandaging
• Used for blunt body parts consists partly of recurrent turns.
• The bandage is applied repeatedly from one side across the
top to the other side of the blunt body part.
• To be able to fix the recurrent turns well, not only the wound,
but the entire length of the blunt body part should be covered.
• Depending on the width of the bandage and the body part,
succesive turns either cover the preceding turn fully of partialy.
• Recurrent bandages are fixed using circular or spiral turns
Reverse Spiral Bandage
• Is a spiral bandage where the bandage is
folded back on itself by 180o after each turn.
• This V-shaped fold allows the bandage to fit to
the tapered shape of the body part all the way
along.
• This type of bandaging is required when using
non-elasticated bandages.
• The development of elasticated fixing
bandages, which are apllied to tapered body
parts using the spiral technique, means that the
reverse spiral technique is far less commonly
used nowadays.
HOW TO APPLY BANDAGES TO SPECIFIC
PARTS OF THE BODY
HOW TO APPLY BANDAGES TO SPECIFIC
PARTS OF THE BODY
Donut Bandage
• The donut bandage is used to put pressure around an
impaled object without putting pressure on the object
itself.
REFERENCES
• Lojpur, M. Dressing and Bandages.
• HAFEN, Brent Q.; MISTOVICH, Joseph J.; KARREN,
Keith J. First aid for colleges and universities. Pearson
Higher Ed, 2011.
• ARMY, U. S. FM 8-50 Medical Department Bandaging and
Splinting. 1957.
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