FIRST AID:

Types of Bandages

A bandage is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as dressing
or splint, or on its own to provide support to or to restrict the movement of a part of the body. It
is the process of covering a wound or an injured part.

1. Triangular Bandages
It is usually made from a square cotton or calico that is cut in half diagonally. The
bandage can be used in various ways such as an arm sling or as a pad to control bleeding. It
may also be used to support or immobilize an injury to a bone or joint.

Types of Triangular Bandages:

 Sling Bandage

When the triangle bandage is worn open, it can be utilized as a sling to support an
upper-body injury such as a fractured elbow or shoulder.

 Broad-fold Bandage

The triangular bandage is used as a broad-fold bandage with the point folded down to
the base twice to provide support to a lower-body injury like a knee fracture.

 Narrow-fold Bandage
 The triangular bandage is used as a narrow-fold bandage where the broad-fold
bandage is folded in half to suppress the bleeding and provide support to a lower limb injury.
A narrow-fold bandage can also be used as a collar-and-cuff sling for upper body injuries.

 Pad Bandage

The triangular bandage is used as a folded pad once the ends of the narrow-fold
bandage have been brought into the center thrice for use as dressing on major wounds.

2. Roller Bandages
A roll-prepared strip of gauze or cotton cloth, usually from ½ to 6 in (1.3 to 15.2 cm)
wide and 2 to 5 yd. (1.83 to 4.57 m) long, rolled on its short axis. Roller bandages can be
used to absorb drainage, fasten dressings, immobilize damaged body parts (including sprains
and torn muscles), apply pressure to stop internal or external bleeding, and more.

Types of Roller Bandages:

 Open-weave Bandage

Also known as gauze. They are medical dressings made from a loosely woven fabric.
These allow ventilation and aiding in wound healing, but do not put pressure on wounds and
do not support joints.

 Elasticated Bandage
 These mold to a person’s body shape, and are used to secure dressings and support
soft tissue injuries like sprains. It should be applied firmly, but not tightly enough to reduce
circulation.

 Crepe Bandage

Crepe bandages are ideal to support the healing of sprains and strains, as they provide
good compression to injured areas. These are used to give firm support to injured joints.

3. Tailed Bandages
These bandages are used to secure dressings to parts which do not lend themselves to
roller bandage applications.

Types of Tailed Bandages:

 T-bandage

A T-shaped bandage consisting of a vertical strip material sewn or pinned to the

center of a horizontal strip. This bandage may be used as a scalp, ear, eye, or perineum
bandage.

 Double T-bandage
 It may be made by sewing two vertical strips of material to the center of a horizontal
strip and about 4 inches apart. The double T-bandage may be used to hold dressings on the
chest, back, or perineum.

 Four-tailed Bandage

A piece of material 4 to 6 inches wide and about 30 inches long with each end cut
about 12 or 14 inches down it’s middle, leaving the center piece about 12 or 14 inches in
length. The four-tailed bandage is used to hold dressings on the jaw, nose, forehead, and the
back of the head.

 Many-tailed Bandage

It’s similar in construction to the four-tailed bandage, except that the ends are cut into
the desired number of tails about 16 inches in length and the uncut portion is about 20 inches
in length.
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TYPES OF
BANDAGES
First Aid

Dulnagen, Francen Megen C. BSN 1-7

Pedro, Aera Khate A. November 6, 2023