Bandage, Triangular

There are two main types of first aid bandages: (1) a roller bandage, typically used to hold a dressing in place, (2) a triangular bandage. While triangular bandages are most often used for making slings, they are versatile. Most first aid kits today include a triangular bandage as a standard inventory item.

Bandage Triangular

field dressing or battle dressing is a bandage intended to be carried by soldiers for immediate use in (typically gunshot) wounds. It consists of a large pad of absorbent cloth, attached to the middle of a strip of thin fabric used to bind the pad in place. Field dressings are issued in sealed waterproof pouches to keep them clean and dry.

Bandage Triangular

bandage is material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to or to restrict the movement of a part of the body. When used with a dressing, the dressing is applied directly on a wound, and a bandage is used to hold the dressing in place.

Elastic bandages are used without dressings to reduce swelling or to provide support to a sprain. Tight bandages may be used to slow blood flow to an extremity, such as when a leg or arm is bleeding heavily.

Field dressings are manufactured in many countries, including Canada. The Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force also use field dressings.

Dimension Notes: Field dressings come in various sizes and shapes.

Bandage number description:

  1. CFMS, first aid field 1994
  2. Shell, Mark111, 1961
  3. Bandage, triangular plain
  4. First field, 1943 & 11944
  5. First aid, large, US Army, Carlisle model
  6. First aid, small, US Army, Carlisle model
  7. Pins, safety, package
  8. Field, large
  9. Cotton gauze

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