Transcript of FIRST AID BANDAGING TECHNIQUES

hey guys this is jb your school nurse and i am here again to teach you about first [Music] advantage so bandages have three key uses first is to apply pressure into bleeding wounds seconds to cover wounds or burns and third to provide support or to immobilize a broken bone a sprain or a string parts of the triangular bandage first we have the apex then the ends or tails and lastly we have the base face s of a triangular bandage first is open face so the open face is usually used when there's an injury to the head face or chest second the cravat phase which can be classified down to broad and narrow cravat and is used when there is an injury or wound to the shoulder arms legs or foot [Music] in tying the bandages together we'll be using the square knot which is easy to use and is faster to remove just follow the right over left and left over right [Music] rule [Music] in this first bandaging technique consider an injury at the top of the head first step is we're going to fold the base into three then place the folded part slightly above the eyebrow with the apex pointing at the back of the head second step grab the ends and cross them together meeting at the forehead and perform the square knot make sure that the bandage is not too tight it might squeeze the head and lastly the hanging part of the apex will be folded and tucked at the folded part at the [Music] back [Music] in this second technique the arm sling we're also going to use the open face so first fold again the base into three and then place it on the affected side with the apex facing the outer side second grab the upper end of the bandage and place it on the other side while placing the lower end of the affected side third tie the two ends or tails using a square knot making sure that the arm is immobilized and is not too low and lastly you can make a small nut with the apex and hide the excess bandage inside the sling [Music] this third technique also uses the open face in which we'll start by folding the base of the bandage into two or three seconds place the bandage on the affected side with the apex on top third then line the two ends of the bandage at the back leaving the tail on the affected side longer so that we can tie it to the apex later on fourth after making the square nut make another knot with the longer tail and the apex make sure that the side injured is fully [Music] covered [Music] with this first technique we are going to use the narrow profile first step is to cover the injury with the tails of the cravat rolling off towards the opposite side of the elbow then after cross the ends of the cravat and make a square nut at the back of the arm to pull the weight of the elbow [Music] this fifth technique is used if there are lacerations in the hand or palm so first the narrow cravat is placed in the palm with both of ends our tails hanging equally second grab the right tail and apply the bandage on the bump going back to its original place third grab the left tail and roll it up passing the outer side of the thumb near the wrist and roll it back again passing the inner side of the thumb and make sure not to include the other tail fourth grab the right tail and roll up midway between the wrist and the palm and make a square nut at the back of the wrist [Music] this next technique is used if there's an injury to the leg so first place the center of the cravat over the dressing then grab the other tail and make ascending turns covering two thirds of the preceding turn until dressing is covered [Music] and lastly end by tying the tails together making a square knot [Music] this next technique is used if the ankles are sprained first step is to make the curvature laid off on top of the foot second is to cross the two ends underneath the foot and pull it making sure that the foot is on darcy flex's position third is to cross the two ends slightly above the ankles and cross them again in front fourth then slide each tails over the sides between the foot and the ankle and tie [Music] so this technique is similar from the one earlier so we have the shoe on here put the cravat under the foot and start from there pull the cravat and cross them together slightly above the ankle cross them again at the front then slide each ends at each sides and make a square knot [Music] so those are some of the major managing techniques used in first aid they are very easy to learn and you can also save someone's life by knowing the basics so that's all for this episode see you