Types of bandages and their uses

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1.     
Vetrap Bandage: It is a flexible and porous self-adhesive bandage
commonly used in veterinarian medicine.
2.     
Ice Bandage: It is a bandage that uses cold temperature to help
heal injuries and reduce swelling.

3.     
Cohensive Bandage: It is a type of bandage that adheres to itself but
doesn’t adhere to other surfaces, such as skin and it is used to wrap  limbs.
4.     
Surgical Bandage: Consist of a sterile gauze pad with a gauze
covering used to cover a wound and protect it from becoming infected.
5.     
Spray Bandage: It is used on difficult-to-cover scrape, or
abrasion or for those times when the appearance of a traditional bandage is
undesirable.
6.     
Scrotal Suspensory Bandage: It is an expandable bag used to support the scrotum
and its contents.
7.     
Haemostatic Bandage: It is used temporarily to control haemorrhage in
difficult substance.
8.     
Israeli Bandage or Emergency Bandage: It is used to stop bleeding from haemorrhage wounds
caused by trauma in pre-hospital emergency situations.
9.     
Gauze Bandage: it is used to hold the injury after it is dressed.
10.   Triangular Bandage: It is used to prevent infection, for armsling, to hold splints
together, for direct pressure and to secure dressing at one place..
11.   Adhesive Bandage: It is used to support weakened joint of a body, e.g. knee or ankle.
12.   Tubular Bandage: It is used to dress injured joints and fingers
13.   Roller Bandage: To help keep dressing right at its place.
14.   Elastic Bandage: It is used to create localized pressure.
15.   Double-Spica Bandage: It is used on thigh injuries.
16.   Compression Bandage: It is used to protect injuries on one’s hands e.g. fingers.
17.   Hallus Valgus Bandage: it helps to keep big toe aligned and held in place and also used for
post-operative trauma or for wound care treatment.
18.   Paste Bandage: It is used to treat atopic eczema.
19.   Strip Bandage: It is used for any small wound on a flat surface.
20.   Fingertip Bandage: It is used for fingertip, to wrap around the finger.
21.   Butterfly Closure Bandage: It is used to pull both side of a cut back together to promote healing
and prevent infection.
22.   Donot Bandage: It is used to put pressure around impale object without putting
pressure on the object itself.
23.   Pressure Bandage: It is described as a contorming gauze roll bandage that contain an
inner layer of porous cotton to be applied to a wound site to hold it in place.
24.   Sterile Burn Sheet Bandage: They are non-woven, and are made of laminated tissue fibre that provide
a sterile environment. They are used to prevent infection without sticking to
the burned area. Used as a wet or dry dressing.
25.   Steri-Strips Bandage: They are used in place of stitches and they are great to close
superficial wounds until you can get to place where you can receive stitches.
26.   Eye Patch Bandage: They are placed over wounded eye wrapped around the head. It is a good
way to hold it place.
27.   Spiral Reverse Turn Bandage: It is used to bandage the lower forearm and the
calves.
28.   Figure Eight Wrap Bandage:  It is used for joint such as the
knee and elbow.
29.   Orthopaedic Bandage: It is used for rectifying bone damages and dislocations
30.   Liquid Bandage: It is a topical skin treatment for minor cuts and sores.
31.   Tensor Bandage: They are elastic stretch bandages that provide compression and a
controlled pressure. Metal clips hold them in place, great to stop bleeding.
32.   Esmarch’s Bandage:  It is a broad flat elastic
bandage wrapped around an elevated limb to force blood out of the limb and used
before certain surgical procedures to create a blood-free field.
33.   Damigauntlet Bandage: They are those bandages that cover the hand but leave the fingers
uncovered.
34.   Gauntlet Bandage: They are those bandages that cover the hands and fingers like a glove.
35.   Recurrent Bandage: They are used on a dietal stump such as that of the finger, toe, or
limb, turned lengthwise to cover the end of the stump and secure in place by
circular turns.
36.   Scultetus Bandage: It is a large rectangular cloth bandage whose ends are split into many
tails: the tails overlap each other and are tied or pinned across a compress
covering the bandage area, usually the abdomen.
37.   Tailed Bandage: It is a square piece of cloth cut or turns into strips from the end
towards the centre left as necessary. It is centred over a compress on the
wound and the ends are then tied separately. A four-tailed bandage is used for
wounds for the nose and chin.
38.   Barton’s Bandage: It is a figure-of-8 bandage supporting the mandible below and
anteriorly, used in mandibular fracture.
39.   Desault’s Bandage: It is a bandage that binds the elbow to a person’s side and is used for
fracture of the clavicle.
40.   Crepe Bandage: It is a lightweight bandage that is generally applied to provide
warmth, insulation and support in a variety of medical health situations.
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