Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A bandage is a piece of cloth used typically to cover a wound and stop bleeding. Applying a bandage properly is a first aid skill. Ideally a bandage comes in a prepackaged sterile wrapping. However, bandages can be and often are improvised as needed. Changing bandages is one common task in nursing. Bandages are typically found in first aid kits. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.