S/N |
TYPE OF BANDAGE |
USE |
1 |
Israeli Bandage or Emergency Bandage |
It is used to stop bleeding from haemorrhage wounds caused by trauma in pre-hospital emergency situations. |
2 |
Ace bandage |
To help reduce swelling of an injured area of the body, improve blood throw to a limb like on arm or leg and to hold wound bandage. |
3 |
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. |
4 |
Tulle gras |
Used to prevent its sticking to wound in combination with absorbent dressing. |
5 |
Spiral Reverse Turn Bandage |
It is used to bandage the lower forearm and the calves. |
6 |
Moles skin |
Used to bandage a blister. |
7 |
Figure Eight Wrap Bandage |
It is used for joint such as the knee and elbow. |
8 |
Tape or shape bandage |
Used for broken bones or dislocation. |
9 |
Orthopaedic Bandage |
It is used for rectifying bone damages and dislocations |
10 |
Four tailed bandage |
Used for wrapping a joint such as an elbow or knee or a prominence such as the nose or chin. |
11 |
Capelin technique bandage |
It is used for bandaging the scalp. |
12 |
Liquid Bandage |
It is a topical skin treatment for minor cuts and sores. |
13 |
Spiral bandage |
It is used to bandage part of the body of equal thickness such as limbs. |
14 |
Donut Bandage |
Is used to put pressure around an impaled object without putting pressure on the object itself, attach with roll or gauze or tape. |
15 |
Pressure Bandage |
it is used to apply on wound. |
16 |
Triangle Bandage |
It is used on a wrist injury. |
17 |
Gauze rolls |
Gauze roles come in various lengths and sizes and can be wrapped around any wound can also be used to hold a gauze pad in place. |
18 |
Sterile Gauze pad |
It can be used for various sizes of wounds. |
19 |
Sterile burn sheets |
It is used to prevent infection without sticking to the burned area, their construction resists tearing and conforms to the person’s contours, and the burn sheet may be used as a wet or dry dressing. |
20 |
Adhesive bandage |
Used for protecting a cut from friction, bacteria’s, damage or dirt. |
21 |
Crepe bandage |
Used to bind dislocated joint as well as fractured bone in place. |
22 |
Finger bandage |
It is used to bandage injured fingers. |
23 |
Double-spike bandage |
It is used for on thigh injuries. |
24 |
Zinc Oxide Tape |
Zinc oxide tape is a sturdy, resilient bandage that can be used either as strapping for an injured joint or to help sustain a dressing already in place. |
25 |
Microporous Bandages |
It is used to fix wound dressings or to secure electrodes for medical assessments. |
26 |
Neoprene Bandages |
They are commonly used by participants in sports such as soccer (goalkeeping) and volleyball |
27 |
Proguide |
This proguide multilayer compression bandage provides sustained compression to leg ulcers for a period of seven days at a stretch. |
28 |
Profore |
This four layered bandage is useful in the healing of venous leg ulcers. Hospital and community treatment studies have proven that the use of this bandage is effective in healing 79 percent of leg ulcers in a span of 12 weeks. |
29 |
Eloflex |
The air-permeable fibres in the eloflex bandage allow it to stretch up to 200 percent, thereby making it extremely stretchable while providing high compression to give instant relief to sprains, strains, and bruises. |
30 |
Tensopress |
Tensopress is an elastic compression bandage made of cotton, viscose and elastic thread. It is mostly used for ankle wounds. |
31 |
Esmarch’s Bandage |
It used before certain surgical procedures to create a blood-free field. |
32 |
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. |
33 |
Tailed Bandage |
It is used for or wounds in the nose and chin. |
34 |
Barton’s Bandage |
It is a figure-of-8 bandage supporting the mandible below and anteriorly, used in mandibular fracture. |
35 |
Desault’s Bandage |
It is a bandage that binds the elbow to a person’s side and is used for fracture of the clavicle. |
37 |
Vetrap Bandage |
It is a flexible and porous self-adhesive bandage commonly used in veterinarian medicine. |
38 |
Ice Bandage |
It is a bandage that uses cold temperature to help heal injuries and reduce swelling. |
39 |
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. |
40 |
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. |
Types of Bandages and their Uses
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