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Bandages like the band-aid brand is used for a small cut, scrape, burn, ect. If you mean bandages for a hurt limb,then you simpily wrap it around your limb to keep it safe and straight. This way, it heals properly.
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∙ 13y agoBandages are used to hold the dressings, or gauze in place. not much more to it. Even bandaids, there is dressing, the little gauze square is called dressing, and the sticky part is the bandage. it may also keep the area clean, and help prevent infection.
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∙ 12y agoThe two main uses of bandage from a first aid standpoint is for controlling bleeding and for support of a fracture or strain/sprain.
If can also be used, in rare cases, as an improvisation tool in a medical setting. This may include splinting and using a bandage to tie the patient onto the stretcher.
Most bandages used in first aid are not actually sterile. It is therefore important to use only sterile dressings to cover wounds in the abdomen. However, in an emergency scenario, ANY material will do.
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∙ 14y agoTo keep dirt and foreign matter fro also it helps with the blood flow mam infecting an open wound. ** And to stop any bleeding.
healing your wounds
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∙ 15y agoDressings and Bandages does nothing except peventing the wound from any fresh attack by airborne microbes. But it is proved that open wounds heals fast than a a banadaged wounds.
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∙ 12y agoit is much easier to put in a case rather than carry a box full of them around
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What Bandages were used in 1940?
They used curity economy triangular bandages made by the division of the Kendell Co. They used many other bandages but they were all different shapes and sizes of the triangular bandages and were made by the same company.
What type of bandages were used to wrap the pharaoh in?
The bandages were made of linen, a thin material/cloth.
What are figure eight bandages?
Figure eight bandages are bandages that are used with parts of the body. Often it will be used on an arm or leg. One part will be above the joint, and the other part of the bandage will be below the joint.
Which materials are used for cuts and wounds?
Some are; Sticking plasters, bandages, sutures, glue, antibiotics, disinfectant.
What are compression bandages mostly used for?
Compression bandages are used to apply pressure to the area that it is healing. The pressure that is applied by the bandage helps prevent swelling and edema.
Is bandages a noun?
Yes, the word 'bandages' is a verb and a noun. The noun 'bandages' is the plural form of the singular noun 'bandage', a word for a strip of material used to bind or protect a wound; a word for a thing. The verb 'bandages' is the third person, singular, present of the verb to bandage.
In a first kit the ratio of large bandages to small bandages is 3 to 2Based on this rati how many large bandages are in the kit if there are a total of 80 bandages?
There are 48 large bandages
The bandages used to wrap round the pharaoh were made of?
linen cloth
Do bandages really help a broken arm?
Bandages do not, however a cast or splint will. The key on a broken bone is to keep it stable and immobile to allow it to heal. If it is a compound fracture, bandages are used to stop bleeding and protect the wound from further damage.
What was in the first aid kits that the pioneers used mostly?
medicines and sometimes bandages
A type of loosely knitted elasticated fabric used to make bandages?
Stockinet
What type of bandage can be dangerous if it is stretched to tight?
There are four types of bandages used. They are tubular, crepe, roller and special bandages. The crepe bandage when stretched too tight will be dangerous.
