Bandage

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This man has suffered a serious insurgency wound. Bandages are also used in martial arts to prevent dislocated joints.

A bandage is a piece of material used to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint. Other than an adhesive bandage, tape in its many varieties is probably the most commonly used bandage, but bandages can and often are improvised as needed.

In common speech, the word "bandage" is often used to mean a dressing, though technically the two are different things.

1 Compression bandage
2 Triangle bandage
3 Roller bandage
4 How to apply a bandage

[edit] Compression bandage

A compression bandage describes a wide variety of bandages with many different applications.

Short stretch compression bandage are applied to a limb (usually for treatment of lymphedema or venous ulcers). The bandage is not capable of shortening around the limb after application and is therefore not exerting ever-increasing pressure during inactivity. This dynamic is called resting pressure and is considered safe and comfortable for long-term treatment. Conversely, the stability of the bandage creates a very high resistance to stretch when pressure is applied through internal muscle contraction and joint movement. This force is called working pressure.

Long Stretch compression bandage due to their long stretch properties, the high compressive power of these bandages can be easily adjusted, however they also have a very high resting pressure and must be removed at night or if the patient is in a resting position.

[edit] Triangle bandage

A triangle bandage is a piece of cloth cut in the shape of a right-angled triangle and used as a sling or a compression bandage. It can also be used as a "Band Aid" as many of us call it, a temporary "cast", or a headband.

[edit] Roller bandage

A bubble bandage is a kind of bandage used for holding dressings in place to secure splints. It is usually made of gauze-like material, and is packaged as a roll. A new type of insurgency bandage is now coming to market that will be able to hold in place interior dressings to the rectum and prostate.