only such bandages can keep the dressing flat andeven. Make two or three circular turns around thelower and smaller part of the limb to anchor thebandage and start upward, going around making thereverse laps on each turning, overlapping aboutone-third to one-half the width of the previous turn.Continue as long as each turn lies flat. Continue thespiral and secure the end when completed (fig. 3–8).FOUR-TAILED BANDAGE.—A piece of rollerbandage may be used to make a four-tailed bandage.The four-tailed bandage is good for bandaging anyprotruding part of the body because the center portionof the bandage forms a smoothly fitting pocket whenthe tails are crossed over. This type of bandage iscreated by splitting the cloth from each end, leaving aslarge a center area as necessary. Figure 3–9A shows abandage of this kind. The four-tailed bandage is oftenused to hold a compress on the chin, as shown in figure3–9B, or on the nose, as shown in figure 3–9C.BARTON BANDAGE.—The Barton bandage isfrequently used for fractures of the lower jaw and toretain compresses to the chin. As in the progressivesteps illustrated in figure 3–10, the initial end of theroller bandage is applied to the head, just behind theright mastoid process. The bandage is then carriedunder the bony prominence at the back of the head,upward and forward back of the left ear, obliquelyacross the top of the head. Next bring the bandagedownward in front of the right ear. Pass the bandageobliquely across the top of the head, crossing the firstturn in the midline of the head, and then backward anddownward to the point of origin behind the rightmastoid. Now carry the bandage around the back of thehead under the left ear, around the front of the chin, andunder the right ear to the point of origin. Thisprocedure is repeated several times, each turn exactlyoverlaying the preceding turn. Secure the bandagewith a pin or strip of adhesive tape at the crossing ontop of the head.Triangular BandageTriangular bandages are usually made of muslin.They are made by cutting a 36- to 40-inch square of apiece of cloth and then cutting the square diagonally,thus making two triangular bandages (in sterile packson the Navy’s medical stock list). A smaller bandage3-6Figure 3–8.—Roller bandage for the arm or leg.Figure 3–9.—Four-tailed bandages: A. Four-tailed bandage;B. Four-tailed bandage applied to chin; C. Four-tailedbandage applied to nose.Figure 3–10.—Barton bandage.
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