. Surgical and gynæcological nursing. Fig. 61.—Spiral reverse of lower extremity. (Eliasons Practical Bandaging.) BANDAGING 127 applying a plaster-of-Paris cast for fixation of a fracture. Theflannel bandage is used almost exclusively on the foot and leg(sometimes the wrist and arm) to give supporting pressure incases of sprain or other conditions, such as varicose veins of theleg. It is to be applied from the toes up with figure-of-eightturns for the foot and spiral turns only for the leg, since thisbandage stretches so readily that a reverse is never Fig. 62.—Velpeau modified (Dulle
. Surgical and gynæcological nursing. Fig. 61.—Spiral reverse of lower extremity. (Eliasons Practical Bandaging.) BANDAGING 127 applying a plaster-of-Paris cast for fixation of a fracture. Theflannel bandage is used almost exclusively on the foot and leg(sometimes the wrist and arm) to give supporting pressure incases of sprain or other conditions, such as varicose veins of theleg. It is to be applied from the toes up with figure-of-eightturns for the foot and spiral turns only for the leg, since thisbandage stretches so readily that a reverse is never Fig. 62.—Velpeau modified (Dulles). (Eliasons Practical Bandaging.) Retention bandages for the shoulder, unless the wound is aninsignificant one, should fix the arm to the side, with plenty ofpadding between the skin surfaces. There are two classicalforms of bandage for securing the arm to the side, known asthe Velpeau (Fig. 62) and the Desault bandages. Inthe former the whole arm is included, in the latter only theupper arm is fixed, the forearm being left uncovered and withsome freedom of motion. The position of the arm for the Velpeau 128 MINOR TECHNIC IN SURGICAL NURSING bandage is with the hand resting on the front of the oppositeshoulder. The bandage consists of spiral turns about the bodyincluding the arm and forearm, with alternate turns passingover the shoulder on the injured side, from behind forwards,and passing down under the arm and forearm. Desaults bandageis applied with the arm lying straight across the body at the level
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