S/N |
TYPES OF BANDAGES |
USES |
1 |
Tailed or spider bandage |
It is a square piece of cloth cut or torn into strips from the ends towards the centre left as necessary. The bandage is covered on the wound and the ends are tied separately. |
2 |
Soft padded bandage |
Consist of cotton padding gauze and tape. Provide support and protection of soft tissue. |
3 |
Tie-over bandage |
Use for post-operative care of skin graft. |
4 |
Robert-Jones bandage |
It is used to apply pressure to fractured limbs prior to plaster immobilization |
5 |
Rigid bandage |
Used for local mobilization, usually for purpose of allowing soft tissue healing. |
6 |
Pressure relief bandage |
Provides protection from pressure over an area, commonly a bony prominence by redirecting pressure to surrounding area. |
7 |
Plaster bandage |
a bandage stiffened with a paste of plaster of Paris. |
8 |
Flannel bandage |
Used to give warmth support and protection of the lower limbs of horses. |
9 |
Figure-of-8 bandage |
One in which the turns cross each other like the figure 8. |
10 |
Compression bandage |
Used to apply pressure, usually to control haemorrhage. |
11 |
H-bandage |
It is used to provide a fast effective tool for all kinds of serious trauma and injuries involving arterial bleeding. |
12 |
Elastic bandage |
It is used to put gentle pressure on the tissue around an injury to decrease pain and swelling. |
13 |
Tubigrip |
It is an easy to use compression bandage that is excellent in the treatment of sport and soft tissue injuries. It provides tissue support in the treatment of sport injuries, sprains and strains, general oedema, post burn scaring and ribcage injuries. It is also used for pressure dressing and arm fixation. |
14 |
Binders |
Binders are bandaging that provides support to the body area they surround. They are often used on the abdomen following a surgical procedure with large incision. |
15 |
Mole skin |
It is a special type of foam-adhesion bandage used to prevent a blister from being rubbed against. |
16 |
Zinc oxide tape |
It is a sturdy resilient bandage that can be used either as strapping for an injured joint or to help sustain a dressing alreasy in place. It should not be used to surround muscle area. These are likely to expand during exercise which may lead to blood. |
17 |
Microporous bandage |
It is often used to fix wound dressing or to secure electrodes for medical assessment. Microporous tapes tears easily prior to application and is permeable both to water vapour and air. |
18 |
Neoprene bandage |
They are knee support pad commonly used by participants such as soccer (goal keeping) and volley balls. |
19 |
Adhesive tapes |
They are specially formulated to offer support to weakened body joints, such as knees and ankles. |
20 |
Ace bandage |
Used to provide support or secure dressing in place. |
21 |
Tubular bandage |
It is used on fingers and foes because those areas are difficult to bandage with gauze. It can also be used to keep dressing in place on parts of the body with lots of movement such as elbow. |
22 |
Roller bandage |
It used to apply support to a strain or sprain and is wrapped around. The joint or limbs. It can also be used for wound compression. |
23 |
Eye patch |
The eye patch is placed on a wounded or infected eye. A triangular bandage wrapped round the head is a good way to hold it in place. |
24 |
Tensor bandage |
They are elastic stretch bandage that provides compression and a controlled pressure. Metal clips hold them in place. Create to stop bleeding. |
25 |
Steri-strips |
They are great to close superficial wounds until you can get to a place you can receive stitches. |
26 |
Sterile burn sheets |
It is a non-woven and made of laminated tissue fibre that provide a sterile environment. They prevent infections without sticking to the burned area. Their construction resists tearing and conforms to the person’s contour. It may be used wet or dry dressing. |
27 |
Triangular bandage |
It is used to sling an arm wrap round a wrist injury wrap around and injured head. |
28 |
5×9 sterile gauze pad |
It can be used for various sizes of wounds, they can come in sizes from 2×2 inches, 3×3, 4×4 inches up to 5×9 or larger. |
29 |
Gauze rolls |
It comes in various lengths and sizes and can be wrapped around any wound, can also be used to hold a gauze pad in place. |
30 |
Pressure bandage |
It is best described as a conforming gauze roll bandage that contains an inner absorbent layer of porous cotton to be applied to a wound site. The rolled gauze is then applied around round the cotton pad to old it in place on the wound. |
31 |
Donut bandage |
It is used to put pressure around an impacted object without putting pressure on the object itself. |
32 |
Butterfly closure |
It is used to pull both sides of a cut back together to promote healing and help prevent infections. |
33 |
Knuckle bandage |
It is used to wrap around the knuckle. |
34 |
Finger tip bandage |
It is used for just the finger tip. It is made to wrap around the finger. |
35 |
Carpal flexion bandage |
Used in dog to maintain the carpus in flexion thereby relaxing flexor tendons while permitting use of elbow and shoulder. |
36 |
Acrylic bandage |
Used for their strength and in some cases slight flexibility. |
37 |
Band-aid activ-flex bandage |
It issue use as protection over blisters you have already develop. It can also be used over potential blister spots. |
38 |
tg fix or net bandage |
It is a large mesh, highly elastic tubular net bandage. It can be used for the easy and time saving retention of any type of wound dressing as well as four applying occlusive films. |
39 |
Cravat bandage |
It is used to bandage just about any part of the body |
40 |
Absorbent bandage |
Used layers of absorbent material on open or contaminated wounds to debride (must be change frequently). |
