Compression Bandaging Instructions - Upper & Lower

► Upper Extremity Self Wrapping
       Pictures demonstrate the steps of self wrapping and each layer involved.
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Step 1

Step 2

Step 3
(STEP 5 on handout)

Step 4
(STEP 5 on handout)

Stockinette and Glove

Cotton Layer

6 cm short stretch bandage
at hand

Continued 6 cm
short stretch to hand
w/crisscross pattern

Step 5
(STEP 5 on handout)

Step 6
(STEP 5 on handout)

Step 7
(STEP 5 on handout)

Step 8

Continued 6 cm
short stretch to hand
w/crisscross pattern

Continued 6 cm
short stretch to hand w/crisscross pattern

Continued 6 cm
short stretch to hand w/crisscross pattern

End the first 6 cm bandage
at about the elbow

Step 9

Step 10

Repeat with second 6cm short stretch, however only one layer at the hand and ending above the elbow this time

Start 8cm bandage at the wrist, overlapping by
half layers up the arm. Add another 8 cm or 10 cm
bandage starting just below elbow and finish just below
the armpit at the base of the upper arm

► Lower Extremity Self Wrapping
       Pictures demonstrate the steps of self wrapping and each layer involved.
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Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Prepare wraps & materials
prior to performing wrapping

Place stockinette on leg from foot to upper thigh

Apply cottonette in a
circular manner, overlapping by half
from foot to upper thigh

Start 6 cm short stretch
bandage at base of toes
overlapping by double, half
w/crisscross at the ankle
then overlapping by half
up leg

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Repeat with second 6 cm
short stretch bandage,
but only one crisscross at ankle

Start 8 cm short stretch bandage at ankle with overlapping by half up leg
to about the knee

Start with 8 or 10 cm
short stretch bandage just below knee. Overlap bandage below by half and wrap up to about mid-thigh

Use remaining 10 cm bandage to cover the top portion of the leg.
Start 10 cm bandage at or just above the knee
and end the wrap at the top of the thigh