A bandage is a piece of material used to cover wounds, control bleeding, support medical devices, or provide body support. There are several types of bandages including gauze, adhesive, compression, and triangular bandages. Basic bandaging forms include circular, spiral, figure-of-eight, recurrent, and reverse spiral techniques. When applying a roller bandage, the appropriate width is selected for the body part, an anchor wrap is applied, the bandage is wrapped around the injury while checking circulation, and the injured extremity is elevated.
2. A bandage is a piece of material used either to covering wounds, to
keep dressings in place, to applying pressure controlling bleeding,
to support a medical device such as a splint, or on its own to
provide support to the body.
8. BASIC BANDAGING FORMS
Each bandaging technique consists of various basic forms of bandaging. The
following five basic
forms of bandaging can be used to apply most types of bandages:
1. circular bandaging
2. spiral bandaging
3. figure-of-eight bandaging
4. recurrent bandaging
5. reverse spiral bandage
12. APPLICATION ROLLER BANDAGES
1. Select the appropriate bandage material for the injury
2. Select the appropriate width of bandage
Hand and fingers- 5 cm
Lower arm, elbow, hand and foot- 7.5cm
Upper arm, knee and lower leg- 10cm
Large leg or trunk- 15cm .
3. Prepare the patient for bandaging- Position the body part to be bandage in a normal
resting position
4. Apply the anchor wrap.
15. 6. Check the circulation after application of the bandage
Check the pulse distal to the injury
7. Elevate the injured extremities – to reduce swelling (edema)
16. HOW TO APPLY BANDAGESTO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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18. ASSESMENT (3marks)
1. Adequately groomed
2. Introduce to patient
3. Use of sanitizer
4. Giving instructions to patient
5. Thank the patient
6. Use of sanitizer
