Emergency bandage

A bandage comprising:

• a sterile dressing;
• a web portion attached to and extending from said sterile dressing;
• and
• a pressure enhancement member attached to a non-wound-side surface of said sterile dressing, said pressure enhancement member comprising a base and at least one wrapping element generally perpendicular to said base, said at least one wrapping element having a gap, and said at least one wrapping element being arranged for wrapping therearound by said web portion;
• wherein when said web portion is wrapped in a first direction around a limb having thereon a wound, and forced through said gap, and said web portion is then wrapped around said at least one wrapping element in a second direction, said pressure enhancement member applies a pressure on said dressing, thereby causing said dressing to apply a local pressure on said wound, and subsequent wrappings of said web portion on said pressure enhancement member, on previous wrappings of said web portion and on said limb, increase said local pressure on said wound.

A method for dressing a wound on a limb, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a bandage, said bandage comprising:
• a sterile dressing;
• a web portion attached to and extending from said sterile dressing;
• and
• a pressure enhancement member attached to a non-wound-side surface of said sterile dressing, said pressure enhancement member comprising a base and at least one wrapping element generally perpendicular to said base, said at least one wrapping element having a gap, and said at least one wrapping element being arranged for wrapping therearound by said web portion;
• wrapping said web portion in a first direction around said limb;
• forcing said web portion through said gap;
• wrapping said web portion around said at least one wrapping element in a second direction, thereby causing said pressure enhancement member to apply a pressure on said dressing, thereby causing said dressing to apply a local pressure on said wound;
• and
• wrapping said web portion around said limb and said pressure enhancement member, thereby causing subsequent wrappings of said web portion on said pressure enhancement member, on previous wrappings of said web portion and on said limb, to increase said local pressure on said wound.