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    This document provides instructions for several bandaging techniques. It describes how to perform a square knot and lists important considerations like keeping bandages sterile. It then details techniques for bandaging specific body areas like the forehead, scalp, jaw, arm and elbow. The techniques involve positioning triangular or cravat bandages and securing them with knots. Proper bandaging is important to control bleeding, immobilize injuries and keep dressings in place.

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    This document provides instructions for several bandaging techniques. It describes how to perform a square knot and lists important considerations like keeping bandages sterile. It then details techniques for bandaging specific body areas like the forehead, scalp, jaw, arm and elbow. The techniques involve positioning triangular or cravat bandages and securing them with knots. Proper bandaging is important to control bleeding, immobilize injuries and keep dressings in place.

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    This document provides instructions for several bandaging techniques. It describes how to perform a square knot and lists important considerations like keeping bandages sterile. It then details techniques for bandaging specific body areas like the forehead, scalp, jaw, arm and elbow. The techniques involve positioning triangular or cravat bandages and securing them with knots. Proper bandaging is important to control bleeding, immobilize injuries and keep dressings in place.

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    BANDAGING

    TECHNIQUE
    TECHNIQUES OF BANDAGING:
    1. KEEP IN MIND THE FOLLOWING:
    a. ALWAYS USE A SQUARE KNOT.
    HOW TO DO THE SQUARE KNOT:
    RIGHT OVER LEFT, LEFT OVER RIGHT
    B. KEEP THE CLOTH STERILE TO AVOID INFECTION.
    C. ALWAYS KEEP THE ENDS.
    2. BANDAGING TECHNIQUE DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE
    WOUND, YOUR FIRST AID SKILLS, AND MATERIALS AT HAND.
    3. BANDAGE FIRMLY OVER BLEEDING AND SECURELY OVER THE BROKEN BONE,
    NOT SO TIGHT SO AS NOT TO CUT OFF BLOOD CIRCULATION.
    4. WHEN WRAPPING BANDAGES AROUND THE BODY, SUCH AS KNEES, ANKLES,
    NECK, AND SMALL BACK, USE ITS NATURAL HOLLOWS TO SLIDE THE BANDAGE
    GENTLY INTO PLACE.
    5. SINCE MOST INJURIES SWELL, CHECK REGULARLY TO ENSURE THAT THE
    BANDAGE IS STILL COMFORTABLE AND THAT IT REMAINS FIRMLY SECURED.
    6. SECURE THE BANDAGE WITH A TAPE, CLIPS OR A BOW OR SQUARE KNOT. ENSURE
    THAT THE BANDAGES, ESPECIALLY THE KNOTS, DO NOT TOUCH THE SKIN.
    TRIANGLE OF FOREHEAD OR SCALP

    -USED TO HOLD DRESSING ON THE FOREHEAD OR SCALP


    A. PLACE MIDDLE OF BASE OF TRIANGLE SO THAT EDGE IS JUST ABOVE THE
    EYEBROWS AND BRING APEX BACKWARD, ALLOWING IT TO DROP OVER
    BACK OF HEAD. BRING ENDS OF TRIANGLE BACKWARD ABOVE EARS.
    B. CROSS ENDS OVER APEX AT OCCIPUT, CARRY ENDS AROUND FOREHEAD,
    AND TIE THEM IN A SQUARE KNOT.
    C. TURN UP APEX OF BANDAGE TOWARD TOP OF HEAD. PIN WITH SAFETY
    PIN OR TUCK IN BEHIND CROSSED PART OF BANDAGE.
    CRAVAT OF HEAD OR EAR

    -USED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO CONTROL HEMORRHAGE


    FROM WOUNDS OF SCALP OR TO HOLD DRESSINGS ON
    THE WOUNDS OF EAR OR LOWER SCALP.
    A. PLACE MIDDLE OF CRAVAT OVER DRESSING.
    B. PASS EACH END COMPLETELY AROUND HEAD.
    C. TIE IN SQUARE KNOT.
    CRAVAT OF JAW

    -USED TO HOLD DRESSINGS ON THE CHIN, CHEEKS,


    AND SCALP AND AS A TEMPORARY SUPPORT TO
    IMMOBILIZE A FRACTURED OR DISLOCATED JAW.
    A. AFTER MAKING A TRIANGULAR BANDAGE INTO A CRAVAT OF PROPER WIDTH,
    PLACE IT UNDER THE CHIN AND CARRY ENDS UPWARD WITH ONE END LONGER
    THAN THE OTHER.
    B. BRING LONGER END OVER TOP OF HEAD. CROSS BOTH ENDS ON SIDE OF HEAD.
    (ENDS SHOULD NOW BE OF EQUAL LENGTH.)
    C. PASS ENDS AROUND HEAD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND TIE WITH SQUARE
    KNOT ON OTHER SIDE OF HEAD.
    TRIANGULAR ARM SLING

    - USED FOR THE SUPPORT OF FRACTURES OR


    INJURIES OF HAND, WRIST, AND FOREARM.
    A. BEND ARMS AT THE ELBOW SO THAT LITTLE FINGER IS ABOUT A HAND BREADTH ABOVE LEVEL
    OF ELBOW.
    B. PLACE ONE END OF TRIANGLE OVER SHOULDER ON INJURED SIDE AND LET BANDAGE HANG
    DOWN OVER CHEST WITH BASE TOWARD HAND AND APEX TOWARD ELBOW.
    C. SLIP BANDAGE BETWEEN BODY AND ARM.
    D. CARRY LOWER END UP OVER SHOULDER ON UNINJURED SIDE.
    E. TIE THE TWO ENDS, BY SQUARE KNOT, AT THE NECK.
    F. DRAW APEX OF BANDAGE TOWARD ELBOW UNTIL SNUG, BRING IT AROUND TO FRONT, AND
    FASTEN WITH SAFETY PIN OR ADHESIVE TAPE.
    CRAVAT OF ELBOW

    -USED TO HOLD DRESSINGS AROUND THE ELBOW.


    A. BEND ARM AT ELBOW AND PLACE CENTER OF CRAVAT AT POINT OF ELBOW
    (OLECRANON).
    B. BRING ENDS UP AND ACROSS EACH OTHER IN OVERLAPPING SPIRAL TURNS.
    CONTINUE ONE END UP ARM AND THE OTHER END DOWN FOREARM.
    C. BRING ENDS TO FRONT OF ELBOW (ANTECUBITAL FOSSA), AND TIE.

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