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    Bandaging Is The Process of Covering A Wound or An Injured Part. USES: Bandages Are Used For Following Purposes

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    Bandaging involves covering wounds to prevent contamination, provide support, rest, and control bleeding. The three main types of bandages are roller, tubular, and triangular. Basic bandaging forms include circular, spiral, figure-of-eight, recurrent, and reverse spiral bandages. To apply a roller bandage, select the appropriate material and width, prepare the injury site, apply an anchor wrap, wrap the injury in a circular, spiral, or other pattern, check circulation, and elevate the extremity.

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    Bandaging involves covering wounds to prevent contamination, provide support, rest, and control bleeding. The three main types of bandages are roller, tubular, and triangular. Basic bandaging forms include circular, spiral, figure-of-eight, recurrent, and reverse spiral bandages. To apply a roller bandage, select the appropriate material and width, prepare the injury site, apply an anchor wrap, wrap the injury in a circular, spiral, or other pattern, check circulation, and elevate the extremity.

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    Bandaging involves covering wounds to prevent contamination, provide support, rest, and control bleeding. The three main types of bandages are roller, tubular, and triangular. Basic bandaging forms include circular, spiral, figure-of-eight, recurrent, and reverse spiral bandages. To apply a roller bandage, select the appropriate material and width, prepare the injury site, apply an anchor wrap, wrap the injury in a circular, spiral, or other pattern, check circulation, and elevate the extremity.

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    First Aid: Bandaging

    Bandaging is the process of covering a wound or an injured part.  

    USES: Bandages are used for following purposes: 


     To prevent contamination of wound by holding dressings in position. 
     To provide support to the part that is injured, sprained or dislocated joint. 
     To provide rest to the part that is injured. 
     To prevent & control hemorrhage.

    The three major types of bandages are:


    1. roller bandages are long strips of material.

    2. tubular bandages are used on fingers and toes because those areas are difficult
    to bandage with gauze.

    3. triangular
    bandages
    are made of
    cotton or disposable paper

    BASIC BANDAGING FORMS


    1. circular bandaging is used to hold dressings on body parts such as arms, legs,
    chest or abdomen or for starting others bandaging techniques
    2. spiral bandaging 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.

    3. figure-of-eight bandaging involves two turns, with the strips of bandage crossing
    each other at the side where the joint flexes or extends. It is usually used to bind a
    flexing joint or body part below and above the joint

    4. recurrent bandaging is used for blunt body parts consists partly of recurrent turns.

    5. reverse spiral bandage is a spiral bandage where the bandage is folded back on
    itself by 180° after each turn.
    APPLICATION ROLLER BANDAGES
    1. Select the appropriate bandage material for the injury.
     Use gauze or a flex roller for bleeding injuries of the forearm, upper arm, thigh,
    and lower leg.
     Use a flexible roller bandage for bleeding injuries of the hand, wrist, elbow,
    shoulder, knee, ankle, and foot.
     Use an elastic roller bandage for amputations, arterial bleeding and sprains.

    2. Select the appropriate width of bandage


    The width of the bandage to use is determined by the size of the part to be
    covered. guide, the following widths are recommended:
     Hand and fingers (50mm)
     Lower arm, elbow, hand and foot (75mm)
     Upper arm, knee and lower leg (100mm)
     Large leg or trunk (150mm)

    3. Prepare the patient for bandaging.


     Position the body part to be bandaged function).
     Ensure that the body part that is to be bandaged is clean and dry.

    4. Apply the anchor wrap.


     Lay the bandage end at an angle across the area to be bandaged. (See Figure A.)
     Bring the bandage under the area turn. (See Figure B.)
     Fold the uncovered triangle of the bandage end back over the second turn. (See
    Figure C.)
     Cover the triangle with a third turn, completing the anchor. (See Figure D.) .

    5. Apply the bandage wrap to the injury


     Use a circular wrap to end other bandage patterns, such as a pressure bandage,
    or to cover small dressings
     Use a spiral wrap for a large cylindrical area such as a forearm, upper arm, calf,
    thigh. The spiral wrap is used to cover an area larger than a circular wrap can
    cover (B).
     Use a spiral reverse wrap to cover small to large conical areas, for example, from
    ankle to knee (C)
     Use a figure eight wrap to support or limit joint movement ankle, or foot (D)
     Use a spica wrap (same as the figure eight wrap) to cover a much larger area
    such as the hip or shoulder.
     Use a recurrent wrap for anchoring a dressing on fingers, the head, or on a
    stump

    6. Check the circulation after application of the bandage


     Check the pulse distal to the injury.
     Blanch the fingernail or toenail, if applicable.
     inspect the skin below the bandaging for discoloration.
     Ask the patient if any numbness, coldness, bandaged part.
     Remove and reapply the bandage, if necessary.

    7. Elevate the injured extremities


     to reduce swelling (edema) and
     Dressing and bandage

    HOW TO APPLY BANDAGES TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY

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