How can I choose the best wrist bandage?

A patient who has a wrist injury may have to choose a wrist bandage to help keep injury safe when heal. The type of bandage required depends on the nature of the injury. Tight compression dressings are used to immobilize the wrist. Wrong injury that causes pain whenever the arm is moved can be further immobilized by using a triangular bandage or strap. A gauze bandage can be used to protect the wound from exposure or to prevent treatment from the wound.

The wrist wounds may require a gauze wrist dressing. When choosing gauze bandages, the patient should choose a bandage that is large enough to completely cover the wound. These types of bandages can be sterile or non -sterile, and sterile gauze bandage should always be used in open injury so that no bacteria from the bandage enter the body and lead to infection. Patients may also decide to use gauze wrist bandages that do not hold on the wound, so that NG does not cause discomfort.

Internal injury, such as sprains or tension, is often immobilized by dressing on a compression wrist. These dressings are also referred to as elastic bandages because they are made of elastic material that allows them to wrap around their wrists firmly. The patient can choose between a wrist bandage that can be packed or one that is pre -formed as a dressing in the shape of a tube and can be slid over the wrist. It is important to wrap the wrists firmly enough to prevent it from moving, but freely so that blood can flow into the fingers, so many patients choose bandages that can wrap to be adjusted as needed. Patients can also choose whether to close the dressing of pegs, buckles, Velcro or binding.

wrist injury that causes pain whenever the arm is moved, may require further use of a triangular bandage of the wrist. TheseThe ligaments can be used as slings that keep the arm in a fixed position near the patient's chest. The selection of the best triangular wrist bandage is a question of finding the one that fits correctly into the patient's arm and holds it at the right angle.