. Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician. o 12 yards long. For the head, 2J inches wide and 4 to 6 yards long. The arm-size bandage is the one of most generalusefulness, and the most convenient to have in anemergency case, if only one can be had. The simplest way to apply a bandage is to makecircular turns around any part. When the latter isof even size, this is a very easy matter. Where thepart is larger at one end than the other, the ordinarycircular turns would not fit smoothly. To accom-plish this, the rule is
. Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician. o 12 yards long. For the head, 2J inches wide and 4 to 6 yards long. The arm-size bandage is the one of most generalusefulness, and the most convenient to have in anemergency case, if only one can be had. The simplest way to apply a bandage is to makecircular turns around any part. When the latter isof even size, this is a very easy matter. Where thepart is larger at one end than the other, the ordinarycircular turns would not fit smoothly. To accom-plish this, the rule is to begin at the small end andmake a few turns, round and round, one immediatelyover the other, and then to begin to move up the limb SUPPLIES FOR EMERGENCIES. 179 spirally. So long as a turn can be made to overlapsmoothly the one before it about one-third, this spiralis all that is required. But as soon as it puckers,the bandage is not carried on as before, but is turneddown, so that the inner face now looks out, and thebandage, instead of passing up, passes downward soas to make a sort of inverted V—so: A- On now. Fig, 42.—Spiral reverse bandage. carrying the bandage round the part, it wiU be foundthat it comes to the front just overlapping the pre-ceding turn, and the same process can be repeateduntil the whole bandage has been neatly applied.(See Fig. 42.) At joints, like the ankle, knee, and elbow, thebandage may make a sort of figure 8, the middle or l8o ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES. crossing part being in the bend of the joint, and thetwo loops, one above and one below it. (See Fig. 43.)Bandages should never be put on so tight as tocause pain, and should never be drawn tighter abovethan below; and the hand or foot should always be
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