A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . Fig. 54.—Spiral bandage of the finger. (Wharton.) bandage brought back to the back of the finger where it isheld with the left forefinger. This is repeated until there THE ROLLER BANDAGE 99 are several turns over the tip of the finger. Holding thesefolds in place, the direction of the bandage is again changedand a circular turn made about the end of the finger overthe loose folds which cover the tip. The bandage is thencarried up the finger, either by circular turns or by a spiralreverse, to the base of the finger, from whence it is carriedacr
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . Fig. 54.—Spiral bandage of the finger. (Wharton.) bandage brought back to the back of the finger where it isheld with the left forefinger. This is repeated until there THE ROLLER BANDAGE 99 are several turns over the tip of the finger. Holding thesefolds in place, the direction of the bandage is again changedand a circular turn made about the end of the finger overthe loose folds which cover the tip. The bandage is thencarried up the finger, either by circular turns or by a spiralreverse, to the base of the finger, from whence it is carriedacross the back of the hand to the wrist, where it is more than one finger requires bandaging, the same bandagemay be used by passing obliquely to the second finger aftercompleting the first bandage at the Fig. 55.—Gauntlet bandage.(Wharton.) Fig. -Demigauntlet bandage.(Wharton.) Gauntlet Bandage.—This is similar to the preceding exceptthat the tips of the fingers are not necessarily covered. Thebandage passes from the wrist to the finger and spirallyaround the finger to the tip. No attempt is made with thesefirst turns to cover the entire finger. A circular turn is thenmade about the end of the finger and the bandage continuedto the base either by a figure-of-eight or a spiral the base of the finger the bandage goes back to thewrist and then to a second finger until all the fingers are 100 BANDAGING covered. It will now be found that the entire back of thehand is covered, but the palm is left free. In the demigauntht the bandage is the same, except thatthe fingers are not bandaged. The turn around the wrist ismade a nil brought down to the base of the finger, a singleturn being made, and the bandage then brought back tothe wrist. The bandage is carried to the othe
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