bandages.

The dressing material depends on the size and location of the cut or scratch. For most small wounds, pre-prepared handrails are useful. For large cuts or scratches, use gauze sterile squares that are sold sealed in an envelope, or folded clean cotton cloth. It can be held in place by narrow strips of adhesive tape.(A small child can immediately wipe the bandage.) Any bandage to be useful should be comfortable.

Do not tape the entire arm or leg( so that the ends overlap), because this can interfere with blood circulation. If, after dressing, the leg or arm swells and darkens, it means that the dressing is too tight. It should be immediately weakened. You can wear a pre-prepared bandage on your finger if the dressing is not too tight. Strips of adhesive tape will better retain the bandage if you make them long.• The wound will heal faster and less likely to be infected if you do not remove the bandage too often. If it weakens or gets dirty, put a new bandage over the old bandage. Remove the bandage very carefully. The layer closest to the body is pulled along the cut.(For example, if the cut goes down or up the arm, pull the bandage up or down the arm.) So it is less likely that you will dissect the edges of the wound. In the first day the cut can be throbbing, but it's not scary. If the pain increases later, an infection is possible. In this case, you need to remove the bandage and see what happened. If a tumor or redness is visible, show the wound to the doctor.

Remove the ripped knee first, and then do not tie it until a dry crust is formed. Otherwise, the dressing will stick and break the crust when it is changed.

If a small child has a cut near the mouth, it can remain clean without a bandage( the bandage will collect saliva and food remnants).

Lip bandage. The child's fingers often require bandaging, and they are most difficult to bandage. If a previously prepared finger bandage covers the cut site, use it. If not, wrap a finger with a piece of sterile gauze or a strip of clean cloth. End the bandage with two bands of plaster, wrapping them around your finger.

Then take a narrow patch strip of 30 cm long. Attach one end of it to the base of the bandage on the palm side, stretch the strip along the finger to the tip, and then from the tip of the finger farther, along the back of the hand and on the arm. When you paste a patch, let the child slightly bend the wrist and finger. Otherwise, the patch will hold the finger in the forward position. Another piece of adhesive tape again wrap the middle part of the bandage to hold in place its and the longitudinal strip of the patch.