bandage bandages
creeping bandage
A serpentine or creeping bandage is applied to hold the dressing over the entire surface of the limb.
Turtle headband
The tortoise headband is a variant of the figure-of-eight headband . As a rule, it is superimposed on the area of large joints.
The tortoise bandage is bandage tours that intersect on the flexor surface of the joint and fan out on the extensor surface.
Return bandage
The returning bandage is reduced to the alternation of circular tours of the bandage with longitudinal ones, going sequentially and returning back until the affected area is completely closed.
A returning bandage is used when bandaging the foot, hand, fingers and stumps of the limbs. It allows you to close the end surface.
cruciform bandage
The eight-shaped (8-shaped), or cruciform bandage resembles a cross or the number 8 in shape. Bandage tours are repeated several times, the cross is located above the affected area.
A cruciform bandage is applied to areas of the body of complex configuration - the back surface of the hand, chest, occiput, or areas with mobility (limb joints). Read completely "
spiral bandage
The spiral bandage begins with circular tours of the bandage. Next, the bandage is carried out from the periphery to the center, half or 2/3 overlapping the previous tours - as a result, a spiral is formed.
A spiral bandage is used for wounds of the chest, abdomen, limbs. Sometimes covering a significant part of the body, such a bandage exerts uniform pressure on the damaged part of the body.
Spike bandage
When bandaging the shoulder, forearm, thigh, torso, fingers, a spike-shaped ascending or descending bandage
The crossover of the bandage moves occurs at 2/3 of its width, covering its previous rounds, along one line. The cross is carried out along one line: up - with an ascending spike-shaped bandage, down - with a descending one. Read completely "
Bandage circular
To start and end bandaging, a circular or circular bandage is used. Bandage tours go from left to right and cover each other completely in the form of rings.
At the beginning of the bandage, the first round (move) is sometimes given an oblique direction by bending the edge of the bandage. Then the first move is closed by the second.
Types of bandages
There are the following types of bandage dressings according to the method of application:
- circular (circular);
- spike-shaped;
- spiral (ascending and descending);
- cruciform (8-shaped);
- returning;
- tortoiseshell (converging and diverging);
- creeping (serpentine).
Bandage dressings are soft (along with adhesive, adhesive and kerchief). They are the most comfortable and popular.
Applying bandages. Basic Rules
Each imposition of bandage bandages occurs according to certain rules.
Bandages must be taken of the appropriate width. For bandaging:
- heads - bandages 6-8 cm wide are used;
- torso - 10-12 cm;
- hands, feet, fingers - 4-6 cm read more »
