Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . revent injuriousmotion. Roller bandages may be made of the following sizes: For the finger, %, inch wide and i yard long. For the arm, 2 inches wide and 10 yards long. For the leg, 3 inches wide and 6 to 8 yards long. For the chest, 4 to 5 inches wide and 8 to 12 yards long. For the head, 2^ inches wide and 4 to 6 yards long. The arm-size bandage is the one of most general usefulness,and the most convenient to have in an emergency case, if onlyone can be had. 138 ACCIDENTS A
Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . revent injuriousmotion. Roller bandages may be made of the following sizes: For the finger, %, inch wide and i yard long. For the arm, 2 inches wide and 10 yards long. For the leg, 3 inches wide and 6 to 8 yards long. For the chest, 4 to 5 inches wide and 8 to 12 yards long. For the head, 2^ inches wide and 4 to 6 yards long. The arm-size bandage is the one of most general usefulness,and the most convenient to have in an emergency case, if onlyone can be had. 138 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES The simplest way to apply a bandage is to make circular turnsaround any part. When the latter is of even size, this is a veryeasy matter. Where the part is larger at one end than the other,the ordinary circular turns would not fit smoothly. To accom-plish this, the rule is to begin at the small end and make a fewturns, round and round, one immediately over the other, and thento begin to move up the limb spirally. So long as a turn can bemade to overlap smoothly the one before it about one-third, this. Fig. 43.—Spiral reverse bandage. spiral is all that is required. But as soon as it puckers, the band-age is not carried on as before, but is turned down, so that theinner face now looks out, and the bandage, instead of passing up,passes downward so as to make a sort of inverted V—so: A. Onnow carrying the bandage round the part, it will be found thatit comes to the front just overlapping the preceding turn, andthe same process can be repeated until the whole bandage hasbeen neatly applied. (See Fig. 43.) At joints, like the ankle, knee, and elbow, the bandage maymake a sort of figure 8, the middle or crossing part being in the SUPPLIES FOR EMERGENCIES 139 bend of the joint, and the two loops, one above and one below it.(See Fig. 44.) Bandages should never be put on so tight as to cause pain, andshould never be drawn tighter above than below; and the handor foot
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