This manual is a guide to the medical officer and noncommissioned officer concerned with instructing medical department enlisted personnel. Its arrangement will help the instructor organize his own presentation of subject matter. The illustrations will aid in explaining approved procedures as these procedures are being demonstrated. As a reference, the manual is a source of graphic information. The manual's purpose is limited, for it is not intended to provide complete information on the care and treatment of wounds and fractures. Rather, it is intended for use whenever instruction in the various tasks pertaining to the care of casualties and patients touches upon the application of bandages, dressings, and splints. Contents include bandaging, triangular and cravat bandages, roller bandages, plaster of Paris bandage, dressings, splinting fractures, improvised splint and slings, and Balkan frame.

FM 8-50 1944 (OBSOLETE) Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.