First aid personnel must face the injured and take a suitable position.
The wound surface must be covered with sterilized gauze first, and then the bandage should be used.
When bandaging, hold the bandage head in the left hand and the bandage roll in the right hand, with the outside of the bandage close to the local area.
When bandaging, the wound should be wound from the lower part to the upper part, usually from left to right, and from bottom to top.
The bandage should not be too tight to avoid local swelling, nor too loose to avoid slipping.
In order to maintain the functional position of the limbs, the arms should be bent when bandaging, and the legs should be tied straight when bandaging the legs.
The wound is the gateway for bacteria to invade the human body. If the wound is contaminated by bacteria, it may cause suppuration or complications of sepsis, gas gangrene, tetanus, etc., which will seriously affect and damage health and even endanger life. Therefore, if there is no condition to perform wound cleaning surgery at the first aid site, bandage must be performed first, because timely and proper bandage can achieve the purpose of compression hemostasis, reduce infection, protect wounds, reduce pain, and fix dressings and splints.
When bandaging, the action should be light, quick, accurate, and the wound should be covered tightly and firmly with appropriate tightness. Bandages are generally required for bandaging. Bandages are usually divided into two categories: hard bandages and soft bandages. Hard bandages are made by sprinkling plaster powder on cloth bandages and drying them to form plaster bandages. Soft bandages are usually used in first aid.
Soft bandages are divided into many types, such as adhesive plaster: that is, adhesive plaster.
Roll bandage: gauze roll bandage is a bandage material with a wide range of uses and is more convenient to use. Roll bandages are divided into single-end bandages and double-end bandages according to the form of the roll; that is, a bandage is rolled up from both ends, or it can be connected with two single-end bands, etc.