A manual of ambulance / by J. Scott Riddell.

  • Riddell, J. Scott (John Scott), 1864-1929.
Date:
1904
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A manual of ambulance / by J. Scott Riddell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. THE TRIANGULAR BANDAGE AND ITS USES. Uses — Figured Bandages—Home-made Bandages — Knots — Large Arm Sling—Small Arm Sling—Eye Bandage—Lower Jaw Ban- dage—Scalp Bandage—Chest Bandage—Shoulder Bandage - Elbow Bandage—Palm Bandage—Hand Bandage—Hip Band.\ge —Knee Bandage—Sole Bandage—Foot Bandage—The Triangu- lar Bandage as a Tourniquet. To the student of “First aid” methods, a thorough knowledge of the uses and method of application of the triangular bandage is absolutely essential. The triangular bandage is the emergency bandage, and its application forms an important part of the practical work of an ambulance class. USES OP THE TRIANGULAE, BANDAGE.—The tri- angular bandage may be employed for the following purposes in the rendering of “ first aid ” to the injured :— (1) To keep dressings on wounds. (2) To support weak or injured parts—e.g., in the case of a sprained or dislocated joint. (3) To keep splints or external supports firmly fixed to the limb in the case of a broken bone, thus saving the patient un- necessary pain, and securing the healing of the bone in proper position. (4) To keep muscles at rest in cases of fracture, and particu- larly where muscles tend by contraction to pull apart the ends of a broken bone. (5) To stop bleeding. A bandage may fulfil this purpose in three ways :— {a) Where the bleeding is slight (as in small cuts) by being applied directly to a wound over a dressing or pad of lint. {b) Where the bleeding is severe, by being applied tightly round a limb at some distance above the bleeding point—i.e., nearer the heart, so as to compress the main artery of the limb against the bone, and so check all flow of blood to the part. It is then said to serve the purpose of a “ tourniquet ” or con- stricting band. (c) By being applied immediately beneath a bleeding point— (i.e., further from the heart) in cases of burst “varicose ” or dilated veins, or of severed healthy veins.
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