(1) Classification of medical bandages: medical bandages are divided into cotton gauze bandages and elastic bandages.
(2) Purpose of medical bandage: whether it is gauze bandage or elastic bandage, its purpose is mainly to bind or fix.
① Cotton gauze bandage: it is mainly used for dressing and fixing external wounds in hospital surgery and families.
② Elastic bandage: mainly used for retention bandage of patients with varicose veins of lower limbs, orthopedics and traumatology, so as to improve blood circulation and prevent limb swelling. It can also replace the multi head abdominal belt after operation, and can be used for pressure bandaging or general wound bandaging of different parts of the human body.
