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Hand Horizontal Injury(close palm)

1. Place the center of the bandage (apex area) over the wrist of the injured hand.
2. Locate the side of the bandage where the thumb is and bring it away from the patient heading
towards the knuckles
3. Bring the bandage up to cover the knuckles
4. grab the other end of the bandage (little finger side) and cover the expose portion of the hand
on the same side
5. Make sure that there is no expose portion of the hand once you bring the bandage and cover
the side of the hand
6. Bring the little finger side of the bandage toward the back of the hand and move it toward the
other side of the hand.
7. Once you reach the other side of the hand, cover the remaining expose portion of the hand on
the thumb side
8. The thumb is exposed so that you can continue to assess the circulation.
9. Once your have covered both sides, you will now have both points of the bandage forming a V
towards your patient
10. Just cross the points of the bandage on the wrist until they become short and from there bring
the points together by making a square knot.
Source: http://basiclifesaving.org/close-palm-bandage-application-cravat/

Hand verticall Injury (open palm)

1. The first step is to place the one fourth portion of the bandage on the palm
2. Grab the one fourth portion of the bandage and bring it on the back of the
hand 
3. Bring the one fourth portion of the bandage toward the thumb side and
anchor it on the joint of the thumb (figure 3). This will serve as our
temporary lock as we move the running end (the opposite end 3/4 of the
bandage).
4. Left the running end  (opposite the one fourth end) and cover the one
fourth side of the bandage
5. Now that you have lifted the running end and covered the one fourth side,
you can then maneuver the running end as it creates a temporary hold of
the whole bandage
6. Move the running end of the bandage towards the thumb
7. Bring the running end toward the palm. The bandage should cross over the
palm area and bring the point towards the little finger.
8. From the little finger, bring the running end to the back of the hand and
head towards the index finger.
9. From the index finger cross the running end again toward the palm and
bring the point towards the wrist area of the hand
10. As you can see by now, the bandage on the palm area is forming a figure
of eight (figure 10). Bring the running end again toward the wrist and cross
towards the palm bringing the point toward the little finger. Continue the
whole process of figure of eight movement until the running end becomes
short.
11. Once the running end is short enough, grab the one fourth side end point
and make a square knot with the running end
Source: http://basiclifesaving.org/open-palm-bandage-application-cravat/

Ankle injury

1. Start with a cravat in front of the heel


2. Cross the bandage in the back of the foot
3. Cross the bandage over the front of the foot
4. Loop the bandage around the “stirrup” (both left and right)
5. Pull snug and end with a square know over the laces.

Source: http://www.troop146.org/Quizzes/N1-07a-BandagesAndSplints.pdf

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