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Many tailed bandage
A bandage with split ends used for the trunk and limbs; a piece of roller to which slips are stitched in an imbricated fashion.
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Leg bandage
A bandage applied by fixing the initial end by a circular or oblique fixation at the ankle or with a figure-of eight of the foot and ankle.
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Knee bandage
The knee cravat; triangular and the figure-of-eight bandages are used.
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Impregnated bandage
A wide-meshed bandage used to make molds or immobilize parts of the body. The material is impregnated with a substance such as plaster of Paris, which is applied wet and hardens after drying.
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Hip bandage
A triangular open bandage of the hip. A cravat bandage or other band is tied around the waist; the point of another bandage is slipped under and rolled or pinned directly above the position of the wound. The base is rolled up and the ends are carried around the thigh, crossed, and tied.
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Head bandage
Any bandage applied to the head, usually by wrap-around technique, that uses bony prominences as anchors or stays, and that carefully and completely covers the site of injury or the suture line.
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Hand bandage
A demigauntlet bandage that secures a dressing on the back of the hand. For thumb and hand, the ascending spica of the thumb, with spiral of the hand, is used. A triangular bandage is used for an open bandage of the hand. A descending spica is used for the thumb and figure-of-eight bandage for an…
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Groin bandage
A special bandage that is most easily applied with the patient standing or lying on a pelvic rest. A spica bandage encircles the trunk and the crossing is placed either anteriorly or laterally. To bandage both groins, the double spica is used. Such a double bandage is used principally in applying a plaster cast.
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Four tailed bandage
A strip of cloth with each end split into two. The tails are used to cover prominences such as elbow, chin, nose, or knee.
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Forearm bandage
A triangular open sling bandage for support of the forearm.
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