. Personal hygiene and home nursing : a practical text for girls and women for home and school use. t with a pin. Theends of the bandage are tiedin front, so that there will beno knot under the head whenthe patient is lying down. When the bandage is small,put the point in front and themiddle of the bandage at theback; tie the ends in frontand turn the point which ishanging over the face up overthe knot and pin it with asafety pin. Bandaging the hand andJoot. Lay the hand on the bandage,with the pahn down and fingers toward the point; fold the of the hand; wrap the two endsaround the wrist and
. Personal hygiene and home nursing : a practical text for girls and women for home and school use. t with a pin. Theends of the bandage are tiedin front, so that there will beno knot under the head whenthe patient is lying down. When the bandage is small,put the point in front and themiddle of the bandage at theback; tie the ends in frontand turn the point which ishanging over the face up overthe knot and pin it with asafety pin. Bandaging the hand andJoot. Lay the hand on the bandage,with the pahn down and fingers toward the point; fold the of the hand; wrap the two endsaround the wrist and tie them. Bandage the foot hke the hand,after placing it on the bandage withthe toes toward the point. The arm sling. Let the point of thetriangle come out beyond the end running under the armgoes across the chest to the side ofthe neck away from the injured arm;the other end goes around the neckon the side of the injured arm; andthe two ends are then tied around theneck. Lastly, the point is broughtup around the elbow and pinned. The triangular bandage used asan arm sling. point back. Fig. 76. A roller bandage on thewrist, and the method of reversinga bandage. 238 Personal Hygiene and Home Nursing Triangular bandage folded. When the triangular bandage isfolded with the point in, it can be used for eye, jaw, hand, orwherever a narrow bandage is needed. The roller bandage. The roller bandage is made of gauze,flannel, muslin, crinohne, or rubber, according to the purposefor which it is designed. In an emergency any material thatis pliable and strong can be used. The bandage is torn intodifferent widths according to the part ofthe body to which it is to be usual widths are: for a finger,three fourths of an inch; for arm andhead, two and one half inches; for legand thigh, three inches; for chest andabdomen, four to five inches. A roller bandage is much harder toapply neatly than a triangular one, buta little practice will make one skillful inits use. Certain p
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