Orthopedic Bandages Flashcards
When might you use a soft padded bandage?
Post operation of a limb
Elbow & stifle & distal
Post fracture repair
Post joint repair
Limb wounds
True or False:
For the soft padded bandage, leave the dimples in the vetwrap.
TRUE
When might you use a robert jones bandage?
Preoperative for fractures
Below elbow & stifle
Postoperatively when excessive swelling or exudate is expected
What are 2 contraindications of using the Robert Jones?
Above the elbow or stifle
Long term support
For the Robert Jones, how much cotton do you need?
1 # per 15 kg
When might you use the spicca coaptation bandage?
Immobilize the elbow/stifle
Elbow luxations
Preoperative stifle luxations
Preoperative femoral or humeral fractures
What does the spicca coaptation bandage consist of?
Soft padded bandage + cast padding around the thorax + stretch gauze around the thorax + aluminum rod + fiberglass casting tape + vetwrap
When might you use a cast?
Fast healing fractures
Support of arthrodesis
Support of calcanean tendon
Support of carpal/tarsal luxation repair
When should you not use a cast?
Fractures above the stifle or elbow
Slow healing fractures
Sole method of tendon repair
Sole method of arthrodesis
When should you use a Schroeder-Thomas splint?
Elbow luxations
Immobilize elbow or stifle
For treatment of distal femoral salter fractures
When would you allow a wound to heal by second intention?
Contaminated or infected wounds
Extensive wound that makes suturing challenging
Traumatized/devitalized tissue
What is the goal of second intention healing?
Cosmetic and functional scar
True or false:
Wounds on the upper body, trunk, and neck heal better than extremity wounds, and many do NOT require suturing.
True
Which antibiotics do you give to a horse for open wound management?
Penicillin +/- aminoglycosides
Which antibiotics do you give to a dog or cat for open wound management?
Cefazolin +/- metronidazol
True or False:
Whenever possible, wounds should be left open.
FALSE
Whenever possible, wounds should be bandaged
What are the 4 purposes of a bandage?
Maintain a moist environment
Wick away exudate
Prevent edema
Provide protection
What do you use to prevent scalding from exudates such as blood?
Zinc oxide
True or false:
Water is hypotonic. Until granulation tissue is present, use saline.
TRUE
True or Flase:
Head has excellent blood supply.
Infection in the head is not a big concern.
Flat bones rarely develop sequestra.
Both head and extremities lack redundant skin.
ALL TRUE
Which features should be sutured for functional and cosmetic reasons?
Lips
Eyelids
Tongue
True or Flase:
Suture any time you are able.
TRUE
