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It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Important Phone Numbers. Topic Contents What is a compression bandage? How do you use one? What should you know about using a compression bandage? Where can you learn more? Top of the page. What is a compression bandage? Wrapping an ankle First, cut several horseshoe-shaped pieces of cloth felt to form a centimetre-thick pad.
Before placing a tubular bandage over an injury, you may need to cut it to a smaller size. Triangular bandages Triangular bandages can be used as large dressings, as slings to support a limb, or to secure a dressing in place. If you're using a triangular bandage as a sling on an arm, you use it opened out.
You should: ask the person to hold their arm across their chest and support the arm while you work put the bandage under the arm and around the back of the neck put the other half of the bandage over the arm to meet at the shoulder and tie into a knot tuck the loose ends of the bandage in at the elbow, or use a pin If you're using a triangular bandage to support a lower limb or large dressing, fold it in half horizontally so the point of the triangle touches the middle of the long edge.
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Q: Is it better to bandage a cut or sore, or air it out? Their parents probably had Band-Aids in the medicine cabinet. Accidents happen everywhere, so you get the peace of mind knowing your wounds will likely always be covered! Everybody loves Band-Aids, so nobody should feel excluded. The latest versions of Band-Aid could be brought to you by science!
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