Tuesday, June 28, 2011

56 Uses for a triangular bandage

-Simple bandage of small wounds
-Wound packing
-Tie a splint to an extremity
-Secure a pressure dressing
-Sling and swath for orthopaedic injuries
-Secure and dress an abdominal evisceration
-Secure an IV bag to the casualty

-Create a pressure infuser for IV/IO application
-Secure casualty’s arms and legs during movement and extraction
-Create traction splint for lower leg
-Improvised tourniquet using windlass
-Endotracheal tube tie
-Eye cover or bandage to protect casualty’s eye against dust and debris
-Secure IV catheter and tubing once established
-Secure catheter placed after needle thoracotomy for tension pneumothorax
-Secure and stabilise flail section of chest
-Collection bag for casualty’s belongings
-Folded, padding for head on hard surface
-Two wrapped together creates a donut roll for depressed skull area
-Stabilize an impaled object
-Finger splint
-Secure casualty MIST report or triage card to casualty
-Cover for amputated extremity stump
-Moistened and then used for a respiratory filter during rapid extraction from toxic exposure
-Folded, biteblock when ET tube is in place
-Secure cold or hot pact to casualty
-Wrapped around a sprained or strained joint for added support
-Small torn pieces placed in ears to protect against constant load noise
-Small torn pieces used as gauze for dental abscess
-Subdue medic’s exam light
-Secure wound avulsion in place
-Cover burn wound site
-Head wrap to help slow casualty hypothermia
-Moistened and used to wrap or protect salvageable amputated body part
-Narrow torn strip wrapped around scalpel blade for surgical cricothyroidotomy
-Hang IV bag from elevated fixed object
-Tie fentanyl “lollipop” to casualty’s finger
-Tied to fixed elevated object and extremity for sustained elevation
-H2O saturated for casualty cooling if hyperthermic
-Clean and prep chest for occlusive dressing application
-Corner of material for removal of debris in eye
-Packing for nosebleed
-Secure or restrain combative casualty
-Strap repair
-Ties for improvised litter
-Protect yourself from vomitus during CPR (if you don’t have a mask)
-Wind and dust bandanna
-Padding for splints
-Clavicle splint
-Shade from a hot sun (not useful in County Kerry)

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