A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . -extremities where the size remains the same. In this casethe bandage is carried around and around the part in aspiral until the dressing is entirely covered. ^Vhc^ this isdone the end is cut and secured either by a pin or by tearing %^ m Fig. 47.—Roller bandage. (Wharton.) the bandage into two tails, one of which is passed backwardabout the limb and tied to the other end on the oppositeside. THE ROLLER BANDAGE 93 Figure-of-eight Bandage.— In haiidagiiif^ an arm or leg it isfound that a-simple eircular bandage does not fit is a fu
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . -extremities where the size remains the same. In this casethe bandage is carried around and around the part in aspiral until the dressing is entirely covered. ^Vhc^ this isdone the end is cut and secured either by a pin or by tearing %^ m Fig. 47.—Roller bandage. (Wharton.) the bandage into two tails, one of which is passed backwardabout the limb and tied to the other end on the oppositeside. THE ROLLER BANDAGE 93 Figure-of-eight Bandage.— In haiidagiiif^ an arm or leg it isfound that a-simple eircular bandage does not fit is a fulness of one edge at some point. In order toovercome this the direction of the bandage is altered untilboth edges fit snugly. This means that the bandage mustbe turned sharply upward and carried around the limbseveral inches above the previous turn. It is now broughtdownward and forward over the upward turn, crossing it andforming a figure-of-eight. This process is repeated, over-lapping each turn slightly, so as to cover in the entire Fig. 48.—Figure-of-eight bandage of the leg. (Wharton.) The slack or fulness is located at the back of the upper turn,where it will be covered with subsec^uent turns. Care shouldbe taken in any bandage to have it applied firmly, but nevertight enough to act as a hindrance to the circulation. Spiral Reverse Bandage of the Forearm.—Another methodof taking in the slack which occurs along one side of a ban-dage applied to a part of the body which shows variation insize and shape is the spiral reverse. On the arms and legs,which are roughly cone-shaped, the lower edge of the circu-lar bandage is always loose, especially in stout the spiral reverse or the figm-e-of-eight is applied, 94 BAXDAdlXa t\\v bandatic will \)v uikncmi in appearance and easily disar-ranged. In making a spiral re\erse of the forearm the bandage isfirst fixed by two eirenlar turns about the wrist. Tlu> thirdturn is made to run up the forearm so tha
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