. First aid in illness and injury; . Fig. 84. — Roller bandage arm sling. straightened, the bandage willbe too loose. 8. A bandage should not beapplied wet, for it will shrinkupon drying, and bind the limbtoo tightly. The Roller Bandage ArmSling.— (1) Raise the forearmto the height desired; (2) passa three or four inch bandageabout the forearm, just belowthe elbow; (3) then pass bothends around the neck; (4) bringthe long end down under thewrist or hand, and (5) pass itup to the neck and tie it to the 104 THE IMPLEMENTS OF REPAIR. Fig. 85. —The circular and rapid spiral turns. short end. The a
. First aid in illness and injury; . Fig. 84. — Roller bandage arm sling. straightened, the bandage willbe too loose. 8. A bandage should not beapplied wet, for it will shrinkupon drying, and bind the limbtoo tightly. The Roller Bandage ArmSling.— (1) Raise the forearmto the height desired; (2) passa three or four inch bandageabout the forearm, just belowthe elbow; (3) then pass bothends around the neck; (4) bringthe long end down under thewrist or hand, and (5) pass itup to the neck and tie it to the 104 THE IMPLEMENTS OF REPAIR. Fig. 85. —The circular and rapid spiral turns. short end. The arm is now swung in a double sling, being supported at the forearm and at the hand or wrist. The Circular Turn. — In this turn the bandage passes directly about a limb, all the turnsbeing upon the samelevel. A soldiers beltis a circular bandageof the abdomen. The Spiral Turn.— In these turns thebandage is placed atan angle so that they encircle a limb in a spiral direction. There are two varieties of the spiral turn. (a) The rapidly ascending spiral (Fig. 85)passes up the limb without its edges overlapping,and is used for holding dressings in place. (b) The slowly ascending spiral (Fig. 86)passes up a limb, with the lower edge of eachturn overlapping the upper edge of the preced-ing. This turn is applicable only where a limbis of uniform thickness, as often occurs in theupper arm. The Reversing Spiral Turn. — This is a modi-fication adapted to limbs which increase or di-minish in size, and is designed to avoid thega
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