Bandaging Techniques

It is used for wounds on top and back of the head, chest, hand, and foot, and as arm sling.

• Cravat phase bandaging

• Open phase bandaging

• Narrow phase bandaging

• Closed phase bandaging

Bandaging technique depends upon the size and location of the wound, your first aid skills, and materials at hand.

• True

• False

What do you call a bandage that is made from a strong type of cloth which has been cut into a right-angle triangle?

• adhesive bandage

• crape bandage

• gauze/cotton bandage

• triangular bandage

Which is composed of two overhand knots turned in opposite ways. It flattens when pulled tight, making it useful in first aid and for tying packages.

• crape bandage

• square knot

• triangular

• adhesive

Which of the phases of bandaging is used for wounds that need extra support like wound on the eye, forehead, ear, cheek, jaw, shoulder, hip, arm, leg, elbow, knee, and palm and for a sprinkled ankle?

• close phase bandaging

• open phase bandaging

• cravat phase bandage

• side phase bandaging

All of the following needed to be bandage EXCEPT.

• A laceration on the arms

• A puncture on a foot

• An asthma

• An incision on chest

To reduce the risk of infection, always clean a wound before bandaging.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What type of woven gauze which has the quality of stretching?

• Adhesive Bandage

• Triangular Bandage

• Crape bandage

• Gauze/cotton bandage

Put the dressing tightly so that it will not slip over the victim’s skin.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is used to stop bleeding and provide support for immobilization of a fracture?

• Dressing

• Hot compress

• Bandage

• Cold compress