Blog Entry No. 6 (Bandaging & Dressing and Signs & Symptoms of Illnesses & Diseases)

WHAT IS BANDAGING and DRESSING?
           -"bandage" is used directly is a piece of material used either to support a medical device such as a dressing or splint, or on its own to provide support to the body. It is technically only used to support a dressing, and not directly on a wound.

           -a medical covering for a wound, usually made of cloth.
           
WHEN do you bandage or dress a patient?
          -when the patient has an injury/wound that has heavy bleeding because it helps slow the flow of the blood.
          -you dress a patient when he/she has a wound and this is to prevent the wound from any further injuries/ infections.

WHEN do you go to a doctor/ hospital for further check-ups and  safety reasons?
         - you go to a doctor/ hospital when the person's wound/ injury can no longer be cured by those simple aids or that the wound is slowly becoming worse and cannot be cured any longer by simple bandaging or etc.

WHERE can you bandage or dress properly a person's wound?
        -you can bandage or dress the person's wound in a clean room/area or even a room that can offer the patient a comfortable place to lie down/ sit for the wound to be bandage/dress properly.

WHY do we need to bandage or dress the person's wound or check and record the patients signs and symptoms?
          - we need to bandage or dress properly the wound of the person to prevent further serious and dangerous problems that may cause the patient/person to be seriously sick.
         - we need to check and record the patient's signs and symptoms to know if he/she is recovering and to know what we can do for that illness.

HOW can we share our knowledge of this bandaging, dressing and etc. to other people?
        -we can teach them these lessons/knowledge too if someone in our relatives,family or friends has a wound. we can tell/show them how's it done properly and many more.