. Surgical and gynæcological nursing. ms of bandages, such, for example,as those used for supporting the female breast. In the employment of all these forms of bandages there arethree principal purposes that are aimed at, either singly or incombination. These are (1) the retention of dressing materialsover a wound, (2) fixation of the part with the aid of splints orof some stiffening material impregnating the bandage itself,(3) the application of pressure. 112 MINOR TECHNIC IN SURGICAL NURSING III. MATERIALS AND PREPARATION The materials of which roller bandages are made are gauze,usually of m
. Surgical and gynæcological nursing. ms of bandages, such, for example,as those used for supporting the female breast. In the employment of all these forms of bandages there arethree principal purposes that are aimed at, either singly or incombination. These are (1) the retention of dressing materialsover a wound, (2) fixation of the part with the aid of splints orof some stiffening material impregnating the bandage itself,(3) the application of pressure. 112 MINOR TECHNIC IN SURGICAL NURSING III. MATERIALS AND PREPARATION The materials of which roller bandages are made are gauze,usually of much finer mesh than the gauze used for surgicaldressings, unbleached muslin, crinoline, flannel, and sheet material has its own special use according to the objectto be attained. The gauze bandage is now almost universally used for theretention of surgical dressings. These bandages are furnishedready made in all sizes by the manufacturers, and are for saleat all drug stores, often at rather fancy prices. When purchased in. Fig. 45.—Modified bandage of Scultetus. quantity, however, they are cheap enough, so that most hospitalsno longer find it an economy to make their own gauze most common sizes are % inch (for the fingers), 2l/2 inches,4 inches, and 6 inches in width, and from 2 to 10 yards long. The muslin bandage, formerly the most common form, isnow generally restricted in its use to cases where it is desirableto exert a considerable amount of pressure on the part to whichit is applied, and to the retention of splints and the treatmentof fractures. Only two sizes are ordinarily used, 2 inches and4 inches in width and 5 yards long. Crinoline bandages, because of the starch with which thematerial is impregnated, are used to make a stiff covering overthe gauze bandages put on to retain a surgical dressing, the BANDAGING 113 object being to make the bandage more secure and give it acertain amount of rigidity. Two-and-one-half and four-inchwidths are t
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