A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . andage taut will result in constriction of the neck, withgreat discomfort to the patient. Bartons Bandage.—^This bandage is of especial use in frac-ture of the lower jaw, but it may be used to hold a dressingin place in any region covered by it. A two-inch bandage is started at the top of the head andcarried downward behind the left ear, around the back of 106 BANDAGING tlu> neck and forward alonj;- the rie to the starting-point. This completesthe bandage, but the turns may be repeated several times Fig. 64.—Bartons bandage fi
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . andage taut will result in constriction of the neck, withgreat discomfort to the patient. Bartons Bandage.—^This bandage is of especial use in frac-ture of the lower jaw, but it may be used to hold a dressingin place in any region covered by it. A two-inch bandage is started at the top of the head andcarried downward behind the left ear, around the back of 106 BANDAGING tlu> neck and forward alonj;- the rie to the starting-point. This completesthe bandage, but the turns may be repeated several times Fig. 64.—Bartons bandage fi- fracture of the jaw. (Wharton.) Bandage of the Neck and Axilla.—A dressing of the axillaor armpit may be held in place by a figure-of-eight bandageof the neck and axilla. The bandage is fixed by two circu-lar turns around the upper part of the arm, the third pass-ing upward behind the shoulder to the front of the neck,around the neck, in front of the shoulder, under the arm-pit, behind the shoulder, and again to the front of the neck;thus forming a figure-of-eight. This figure-of-eight turn maybe repeated, and if desired, circular turns about the neck orarm may be added. Bandage of the Chest and Axilla.—This bandage is adaptedto hold a dressing in one axilla. THE ROLLER BANDAGE 107 The bandage starts in the midhrie and is carried over theshoulder and around beneath the injured armpit, across infront of the chest, under the armpit of the opposite side andacross the back to the shoulder of the injured side. Fromhere the bandage passes downward under th
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