PATIENT SAFETY & EARLY INTERVENTION AND MANAGEMENT

1. TOPIC NAME: IMPORTANCES OF BANDAGE

2.  BANDaGING:
• Bandaging is the process of covering a
wound or injured part using the most
appropriate bandage.
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3. APPLICATIONOFBANDAGES:
• Compare both hands to make sure they are similar in
temperature in color.
• Check the hand to make sure it is not swelling or turning blue.
• Ask the person if the hand feels numb or tingly.
• Avoid covering fingers or toes when bandaging a limb so you
can easily check the circulation.
• If they lose sensation then it’s too tight. Do not remove the
bandage but loosen it a bit.

4.  TYPES OF BANDAGES:
Roller Bandages:
Roller bandage are the most Common
type of bandage. They’re normally made from a
single continuous strip of cotton gauge.
Triangular Bandage:
Triangular bandages are the more
versatile types of bandaging we can usually find
in a first aid kit . They are designed for constructing
slings.

5. •Tubular Bandage:
Tubular bandages are perhaps
the least versatile of the three conventional
bandages.

6.  PURPOSES OFBANDAGE:
• To secure dressing in position.
• To form slings for support.
• To secure pads.
• Roller Bandage: These bandages are made of
co elastic fabric or linen are wrapped around
the injured in spiral turns.

7.  RULESFORAPPLYINGROLLERBANDAGES:
• Face the casualty, expect for bandages head or back of the
neck.
• When bandaging the left limb, hold the roll of bandage in the
right hand and vice versa.
• Apply the outer side of the bandage to the part, and unroll no
more than 5 cm at a time.

8.  PATTERNS USED IN BANDAGEING:
Circular turns as used for head and trunk.
Simple spiral.
Reverse spiral.
Figure of eight.
Spica, Divergent Spica.

9. Splinting.
Triangular bandages.
Bandages for the scalp.

10. • Slings.
• Large Arm Sling.
• Collar and Cuff sling.
• Triangular Sling.
• Improvised Slings.

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