Talk:Bandage

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A dressing is used to stop bleeding, and a bandage is used to hold dressings, splints, and other such medical devices in place. Ergo I am changing the article to reflect these facts. Source: any mainstream medical or first aid book; I'm currently looking at Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations (ISBN 0-7637-1696-0) pp 82-83. Russell 22:14, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

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Anyone want to explain how bandages are used in martial arts? --Brandon Dilbeck 18:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of the Bandage

There is a great deal on the history of a the bandage, from the middle ages where it was used in the bloodletting process to the history of the band aid. I couldn't really find that much on real early history but with the common definition of bandage I'm sure there is some historical note on bandages earlier than the middle ages. All well worth mentioning in this article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fmandog85 (talk • contribs) 15:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] application of badages

Article needs a lot of expanding - when should you apply a bandage? How should you apply it? How tight should it be? etc etc - any nurses out there? --Tomhannen 14:49, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elastic Bandage

I'm not a medical person and am wondering if this article should link to or be merged with Elastic_bandage. Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 21:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)