Is a piece of material used either to support a medical device

such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support

to the body; they can also be used to restrict a part of the
body

u There are different types of bandage. These can be applied to

different areas. Some of them are utilize for specific reasons. Some
of these are the following:

u Gauze rollers
u Elasticbandage
uRoller bandage u Adhesive types
u Self adhering roller bandage
u Triangular bandage
All types of bandage GUIDE CARD

 Elastic bandage
 Adhesive types
u An Elastic bandage is a “stretchable
u An adhesive bandage, also
bandage used to create localized
called a sticking plaster ( or
pressure”.
 
simply plast by the genericaer) in
British English, is a small medical
dressing used for injuries not
serious enough to require a full
size bandage .
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bandage
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can convert any clothing material into
BASE a triangular bandage in the event of an
emergency.
u Gauze rollers
Gauze rollers is used for dressing wounds, packing
wounds, and, in combination with flexible medical
tape, improvising band aids.
 Roller Bandages
u These bandages are elasticated which
means that they can be used to support joints
or apply pressure to an open wound.

Self Adhering Roller

Bandage
u Selfadhering roller bandage or cohesive bandage is a
type of bandage used as a wrap on the legs of lives
stock because it will not stick to hair, so it is easily
remove