A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . ndage of the Head.—For this bandage a two-inch roller is used. The bandage is started on the foreheadand carried in the midline over the top of the head to thenape of the neck. It is turned upon itself and brought backto the starting-point, the second strip l)cing carried slightlyto one side. On reaching the starting-point the bandage is THE ROLLER BANDAGE 105 again reversed and carried backward, ()\crlai>piiig aboutone inch to the other side. When this tliird fold of thebandage reaches the nape of the neck it is again folded uponitself and
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . ndage of the Head.—For this bandage a two-inch roller is used. The bandage is started on the foreheadand carried in the midline over the top of the head to thenape of the neck. It is turned upon itself and brought backto the starting-point, the second strip l)cing carried slightlyto one side. On reaching the starting-point the bandage is THE ROLLER BANDAGE 105 again reversed and carried backward, ()\crlai>piiig aboutone inch to the other side. When this tliird fold of thebandage reaches the nape of the neck it is again folded uponitself and brought back to the forehead overlapi)ing thesecond fold. If this process is repeated the entire scalp willbe covered with overlapping folds running backward andforward. With the last fold the bandage is turned on itselfso as to make a circular fold about the head above the ears,which holds the end of the recurrent folds firmly in will be noticed the bandage over the scalp is very looseand incapable of exerting the slightest Fig. 63.—Recurrent bandage of the head. (Wharton.) Circular Bandage of the Neck.—A dressing of the neckmay be held in place by a simple circular bandage. It isvery important not to exert pressure in bandaging the bandage should be simply laid on. Any attempt to drawthe bandage 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 ri<,dit side of the jaw to thechin. Curvinf;- in front of the chin the bancUige runs alongthe left side of the jaw below the left ear, to the back of theneck, and from here is carried upward beliind the rijjht earto the ])oint. From tiiis
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