Km Elite Wrap (Orange)

KM Elite Wrap – Orange

KM Elite Wrap is a cohesive bandage: it grips itself and nothing else, so it holds a dressing on a leg or a tail without pulling at hair or leaving residue on the coat. It tears cleanly across by hand, which is the whole argument for it when one hand is already holding a poultice in place.

This listing is the single orange roll. KM Elite's own catalogue currently shows the Wrap only as a box of twelve in black, blue or mixed colours, and they publish no roll width, length or material for it. The orange is a colour we carry; the wrap itself is the same product, and nothing below is invented to fill the gap.

Performance & Benefits

• Cohesive — clings to itself, not to skin, hair or the dressing underneath.
• Tears by hand across the roll, so no scissors are needed at the point of use.
• No adhesive, so nothing sticky is left in the coat when it comes off.
• Does not tighten as it settles, unlike an elasticated bandage put on under tension.
• Orange shows up against a bay leg, a dark stable and a bed of shavings.

Suitable For

• Holding a dressing on a lower leg, a hoof or a tail.
• Poultice retention over a foot, a knee or a hock.
• Yard, lorry and first-aid kits where speed matters more than tidiness.
• Marking and bundling kit — it is as useful on a handle as on a horse.
• Not a support bandage. For exercise or stable support use a proper padded bandage over Fybagee or Gamgee.

How to Use

• Apply over a dressing or padding, never directly onto broken skin.
• Wrap with light, even tension, overlapping each turn by about half the width of the roll.
• Tear to length by hand and press the tail end down onto the layer beneath to seal it.
• Check the limb for heat, swelling and slippage at least twice a day and re-apply if it has moved.
• Unwind to remove, or cut down the outside of the limb — it will not drag at the hair either way.

Specification

• Cohesive, adhesive-free, tear-by-hand wrap. Single roll, orange.
• KM Elite publish no roll width, roll length, material or stretch figure for this wrap, so none is stated here.
• On their own website KM Elite list the Wrap only as a box of twelve, in black, blue or mixed colours.
• Barcode 5060171231356.

Care & Caution

• Cohesive wrap is easy to pull too tight. Over a tendon without padding underneath it can cause pressure damage.
• Do not leave it on longer than the dressing needs, and look at the limb daily.
• It is not sterile and it is not a wound dressing — it holds one on.