Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . necessary. When it isnecessary to cover the elbow and upper arm, proceedas follows: Continue the reverses or figure-eight turnsuntil within two inches of the el-bow. Flex the forearm. Carryup the bandage directly over theelbow, having the point of the olec-ranon in the middle of the band-age. Bring the bandage downinside the joint to the forearm,keeping the upper edge of thebandage just below the point ofthe olecranon. Cross it on theinside of the jointand pass it aboveand around theelbow, having thelower edge of thebandage justabove the pointof the
Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . necessary. When it isnecessary to cover the elbow and upper arm, proceedas follows: Continue the reverses or figure-eight turnsuntil within two inches of the el-bow. Flex the forearm. Carryup the bandage directly over theelbow, having the point of the olec-ranon in the middle of the band-age. Bring the bandage downinside the joint to the forearm,keeping the upper edge of thebandage just below the point ofthe olecranon. Cross it on theinside of the jointand pass it aboveand around theelbow, having thelower edge of thebandage justabove the pointof the the turns,making those on the forearm lower and those on thearm higher than the first ones and covering them onehalf their width in the back but converging in thefront. Make one circular turn around the arm andproceed up it with either the reverse, spiral, or figure-eight turns. The knee is bandaged in the same manner as theelbow. The Recurrent Bandage of the Head.—To applya recurrent bandage to the head: Fix the bandage. Fig. 45. Elbow Bandage Bandages, Strapping, and Splints 471
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