Bandaging Techniques
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APPLICATION OF BANDAGES
BANDAGEDEFINITION : A PIECE OF MATERIAL USED TO COVER , SUPPORT, IMMOBILIZE OR EXERT PRESSURE TO A PART OF THE BODY.
USES OF BANDAGES
AS A FIRST-AID MEASURE IN TREATMENT OF INJURED PARTICULARLY TO CONTROL BLEEDING TO IMMOBILIZE A PART OR RESTRICT ITS MOVEMENT TO AFFORD SUPPORT TO HOLD SPLINTS SECURELY TO PREVENT OR REDUCE SWELLING
FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS MUST BE KEPT IN MIND BEFORE APPLYING BANDAGING
TYPE AND PURPOSE COMFORT OF PATIENT MOST NATURAL POSITION OF THE PART NEATNESS AND ECONOMY
ROLLER BANDAGES
DEFINITION : A LENGTH OF MATERIAL WIND INTO A COMPACT FIRM ROLL. SIZEPART OF BODYTOE OR FINGER HEAD ARM LEG TRUNK
LENGTH540 540 540-810 540-810
WIDTH2-4 2-2.5 2.5-3 4-6
90-270 (cm) 0.75-1 (inch)
TYPES OF ROLLER BANDAGES
OPEN-WEAVE COTTON BANDAGE OPEN-MESH CONFORMING BANDAGE INCORPORATES NYLON, POLYESTER AND VISCOSE
COTTON-CREPE BANDAGE CREPE-KNIT BANDAGE - 60% NYLON AND 40% VISCOSE
BEFORE STARTING TO APPLY BANDAGE
PATIENT IN COMFORTABLE POSITION PART IN MOST NATURAL POSITION STAND INFRONT USE TIGHTLY ROLLED BANDAGE ONLY A SHORT LENGTH NOT MORE THAN 5 7.5 cm UNROLLED AT A TIME SO THAT FULL CONTROL OF BANDAGE IS MAINTAINED
METHOD OF BANDAGE APPLICATION
START FROM JUST BELOW THE PART TO BE COVERED OUTER SURFACE OF BANDAGE IS PLACED NEXT TO SKIN PUT TWO TURNS INITIALLY TO ANCHOR THE BANDAGE APPLY BANDAGE IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND FROM WITHIN OUTWARDS FOR A LIMB
ALL PROMINENCES SHOULD BE WELL PADDED EVEN TENSION OVER WHOLE AREA ONE-THIRD OF EACH TURN OF BANDAGE SHOULD BE LEFT UNCOVERED BANDAGE SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH A COMPLETE TURN AND FIXED SECURELY WITH AN ADHESIVE STRAPPING, SAFETY PIN, END SPLIT AND TYING OR SEWING WITH NEEDLE AND COTTON
FOLLOWING SHOULD BE AVOIDED
WET BANDAGE UNEVEN TENSION OF BANDAGING REVERSE TURNS OVER A PROMINENCE OR WOUND USE OF TOO MUCH BANDAGE INCORRECT SECURING OF END OF BANDAGE
BASIC TURNS OF APPLYING ROLLER BANDAGE
5 TYPES CIRCULAR : BANDAGE IS CARRIED HORIZONTALLY AROUND THE PART FOR SECURING IT AT BEGINNING AND AT END SHOULD NOT BE USED AROUND A LIMB SPIRAL : APPLIED SPIRALLY AROUND THE PART HAVING UNIFORM THICKNESS LIKE FINGER OR ARM
REVERSE SPIRAL : WHEN A SPIRAL BANDAGE HAS REVERSE TURNS USED FOR PARTS OF VARYING DIMENSION LIKE FORE-ARM
FIGURE OF EIGHT : EACH COMPLETE TURN FORMS FIGURE OF EIGHTCONSISTS OF OVERLAPPING TURNS,EACH OF WHICH CROSSES AT A MIDPOINT AND ASCENDS OR DESCENDS ALTERNATELY USED OVER JOINTS OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO REVERSE SPIRAL
SPICA : MODIFICATION OF FIGURE OF EIGHT WHERE ONE LOOP IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE OTHER. IT IS SO NAMED BECAUSE THE APPEARANCE OF THE PATTERN OF COMPLETED BANDAGE RESEMBLES AN EAR OF BARLEY
RECURRENT GOT RECURRENT TURNS OVER SPIRAL BANDAGING USED OVER AMPUTATED LIMB OR HEAD
SPECIAL BANDAGES T BANDAGE
T-BANDAGE CONSISTS OF ONE OR TWO TAILS ATTACHED TO A BELT. THE BELT IS PASSED AROUND THE WAIST AND SECURED. TAIL IS PASSED BETWEEN THE LEGS WHICH ARE EXTENDED AND TIED TO THE BELT. USED FOR FIXING DRESSINGS ON THE PERINEUM AND IN GROIN AFTER APR OR HAEMORHOIDECTOMY
TUBULAR GAUZE
TUBE GAUZE IS A SEAMLESS TUBULAR GAUZE AVAILABLE IN ROLLS OF STANDARD SIZE : THE BANDAGES ARE SUPPLIED WITH SPECIALLY DESIGNED APPLICATORS COMMONLY USED IN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS , FRACTURE CLINICS AND DERMATOLOGICAL UNITS
BANDAGES IMPREGNATED WITH MEDICAMENTS
ZINC PASTE BPC ZINC OXIDE AND ICHTHAMMOL ZnO, ICHTHAMMOL AND URETHANE 2% ZnO, CALAMINE 5.75% AND URETHANE PREPARED COAL TAR 3% IN ZINC PASTE IODOCHLOROHYDROXYQUINOLINE 1% IN ZINC PASTE
COTTON CREPE BANDAGE
SMOOTH SURFACE COTTON CREPE BANDAGE PROVIDES GREATER COMPRESSION AND SUPPORT IT STRETCHES TO NEARLY TWICE ITS LENGTH BUT REGAINS ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH READILY.THIS ELASTICITY GIVES FIRM BUT CONTROLLED COMPRESSION. COTTON CREPE INCORPORATED WITH RUBBER THREADS- BLUE LINE WEBBING
ADHESIVE BANDAGES
USUALLY MADE OF COTTON AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE EXTENSIBLE. EFFECTIVE IN PROVIDING PRESSURE AND SUPPORT IN C/C COND SUPPORT FOR SPRAIN AND STRAIN FRACTURE IMMOBOLISATION SKIN TRACTION PROTECTION OF WOUNDS
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