. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, Method of removing a bandage. buried in the folds of the bandage; if the bandage be anarrow one, the end may be split and the two tails result-ing secured around the part by tying. Fig. Bandage-scissors. Removal of Bandages.—In removing a bandage, thefolds should be carefully gathered up in a loose mass as VARIETIES OE BANDAGES. 2:\ the b
. Minor surgery and bandaging; including the treatment of fractures and dislocations, the ligation of arteries, amputations, excisions and resections, intestinal anastomosis, operations upon nerves and tendons, tracheotomy, intubation of the larynx, Method of removing a bandage. buried in the folds of the bandage; if the bandage be anarrow one, the end may be split and the two tails result-ing secured around the part by tying. Fig. Bandage-scissors. Removal of Bandages.—In removing a bandage, thefolds should be carefully gathered up in a loose mass as VARIETIES OE BANDAGES. 2:\ the bandage is unwound, the mass being transferred rapidlyfrom one hand to the other, thus facilitating its removaland preventing the part from becoming entangled in itsloops (Fig. 5). If it is desirable to cut the bandage toremove it, the use of scissors made for this purpose willbe found most satisfactory (Fig. 6). VARIETIES OF BANDAGES. Circular Bandage.—This bandage consists of a fewcircular turns around a part, each turn covering accuratelythe preceding turn. This variety of bandage may be usedto retain a dressing to a limited portion of the head, neck,or limbs, to make compression upon the veins of the armbefore performing venesection, or to secure a compress tocontrol venous hemorrhage (Fig. 11, b). Oblique Bandage.—In this form of bandage the turnsare carried obliquely over the part, leaving uncoveredspaces between the succe
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