First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . - bandages may be 4 to 8 inches wide. In putting on a roller bandage, keep the roll close tothe part, and unwind no faster than is necessary. In taking off a roller bandage, gather it up into thehand and carry it around the limb. Begin bandaging at the part farthest away from thebody, , with a leg, at the foot or ankle; with an arm,at the hand or wrist. Wind two turns around the limb to prevent the endfrom slipping, when you begin. Let each turn of the bandage overlap two-thirds ofthe previous one, so th
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . - bandages may be 4 to 8 inches wide. In putting on a roller bandage, keep the roll close tothe part, and unwind no faster than is necessary. In taking off a roller bandage, gather it up into thehand and carry it around the limb. Begin bandaging at the part farthest away from thebody, , with a leg, at the foot or ankle; with an arm,at the hand or wrist. Wind two turns around the limb to prevent the endfrom slipping, when you begin. Let each turn of the bandage overlap two-thirds ofthe previous one, so that there will be three thicknessesof bandage covering any part. More turns than thismay be used, but not fewer. Leave finger-tips and toes uncovered. If they becomeblue, the bandage is interfering with the circulation andmust be loosened. Fig. 51.—Seultetus bandage.—(Stoney.). Fig. 52.—Cataract bandage. 256 FIRST YEAR NURSING Try to make the bandage (inn, ye1 not light. En-deavor to have it afford even pressure, so that it shall notbe loose at one place and cut into the flesh at another. Have the part to be ban-daged held in the position inwhich it is to be kept. Thearm should usually be ban-daged with the elbow bent. The Spiral Bandage—Thisgoes round and round a
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