Material
Roller bandage:
- For a child: 2 – 4 cm wide.
- For an adult: 4 cm wide.
Procedure
- Place the finger in a slightly bent position.
- Use your thumb to hold the start of the bandage against the base of the finger on the back of the hand.
- Place the bandage over the tip of the finger and take it down to the base of the finger on the palm side.
- Keep the bandage in place using your thumb and index finger [Figure 19].
Figure 19
- Make at least three recurrent turns in the same way, passing the bandage alternately to the left and right of the middle of the finger tip.
- During the last turn the middle of the bandage should pass over the middle of the finger tip [Figure 20].
Figure 20
- Wrap the bandage from the base of the finger at the back of the hand to the side of the distal phalanx.
- If the thumb, index finger or middle finger has been injured, choose the side closest to the little finger, and if the ring finger or little finger has been injured, select the side closest to the thumb [Figure 21].
Figure 21
- Make a circular turn around the distal phalanx and cover the finger with spiral turns.
- Avoid loosely-fitting bandaging around the tip of the finger [Figure 22].
Figure 22
- Pass the bandage over the back of the hand to the wrist. Make a circular turn around the wrist [Figure 23].
Figure 23
- Pass the bandage over the back of the hand to the side of the finger; once again the side of the little finger in the case of injuries involving the thumb, index or middle finger and the side of the thumb for injuries of the little finger or ring finger [Figure 24].
Figure 24
- Make at least one circular turn around the finger or repeat steps 2 to 7 [Figure 25].
Figure 25
- Pass the bandage over the back of the hand to the wrist [Figure 26].
Figure 26
- Make a number of circular turns around the wrist. Fasten the end of the bandage on the last turn.
The bandage has been correctly applied if:
- The finger has been bandaged in a slightly bent position.
- The finger is fully covered with the bandage.
- The palm of the hand is uncovered and the bandage turns between the finger and the wrist cross each other on the back of the hand [Figure 27].
Figure 27