bandaging
Applying medical strips
Bandaging is the act of wrapping wounds or injuries with strips of cloth or other material.
The term covers both the medical skill and any instance of applying bandages: The nurse finished bandaging his arm.
Figuratively, bandaging can mean providing a temporary fix: They're just bandaging the problem, not solving it.
Open-weave medical fabric
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- compressReduce volume by force
- plasterWall-coating paste
- wrapEnclose by winding around
pad · splint · tourniquet · sling · cotton · elastic · adhesive · strips
Severity-based prioritization
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- disinfectantAgent destroying surface pathogens
- salineSalt-water solution
ointment · cleansing · pressure · immobilization · elevation · compression · stabilization · assessment
Two conjoined loops
- spiralCurve winding around center
- circularForming a closed curve
- spicaEight-shaped medical wrap
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
swathe · immobilizing · compression · elevation · self-adhesive · tubular
Sauce for salads
- wrappingOuter covering material
- bindingLegally or morally required
- tapingRecording or binding
- strappingMuscular and hale
padding · covering · securing · applying · changing · removing · tightening · loosening
Regaining what was lost
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- protectionGuarding against harm
- supportTo uphold or sustain
circulation · soothing · comfort · rehabilitation · granulation · scarring
gauze
Open-weave medical fabric
wrap · pad · splint · tourniquet · sling · cotton · elastic · adhesive · strips · patch
triage
Severity-based prioritization
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
- disinfectantAgent destroying surface pathogens
saline · ointment · cleansing · pressure · immobilization · elevation · compression · stabilization · assessment · kit
figure-eight
Two conjoined loops
butterfly · swathe · immobilizing · compression · elevation · self-adhesive · tubular
dressing
Sauce for salads
strapping · padding · covering · securing · applying · changing · removing · tightening · loosening · layering
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- protectionGuarding against harm
support · circulation · soothing · comfort · rehabilitation · granulation · scarring
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- EMS TrainingEMT certification, EMT training, CPR certification, CPR training, EMT
- vet proceduresspay, neuter, spaying, neutering, surgery
- vet tech dutiesblood draws, vaccinations, vital signs, lab work, dental cleanings
- ancient surgeryamputation, trepanation, cauterization, bloodletting, cautery
- clinical skillsauscultation, palpation, percussion, physical exam, patient assessment
bandagingunbandaging
Removing medical wrappings
uncovering · unwrapping · exposing · wounding · injuring
bandagingstitching
Joining with needle, thread
suturing · cauterizing · stapling · debridement · skin grafting