Esmarch bandage

The triangular scarf or shawl is a part of bandages and first aid kit.

It has the form of an almost rectangular, isosceles triangle with a base length of usually about 1.3 m and Kathetenlängen of just under 1 m. It consists of cotton or a modern pulp. The color is natural white in general, black or olive in the military.

In Germany, the triangular scarf in the DIN 13168 -D is standardized with dimensions of 96 and 136 cm. In Austria in ÖNORM K 2122nd

It is used in first aid as a fixative, upholstery or baby carrier. As a non-sterile dressings, it is unsuitable for direct wound covering. Different applications require folding the cloth triangle into a triangle scarf tie.

Neckerchiefs serve as quick and easy to be applied bandaging for the head, chin, shoulder, elbow, hand, knee, foot, and hip injuries up to the pressure bandage. It is used to fix a sterile compress or bandage cloth in place. The ends can be tied with a square knot. The triangular bandage is also used for immobilization of fractures, as Armtragetuch or for the fabrication of ring pads. Likewise, it can be folded to the support ring, which serves to stabilize einspießenden foreign bodies or ambulances by two workers.

Inventor of the triangular cloth was the physician Friedrich von Esmarch.

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• Practical application of the triangular cloth side of the Boy Scouts Krefeld, accessed on February 28, 2014

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