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- Road Rash -- Treatment for Road RashCreated: 2009-11-16 @ 13:31:59 EST Updated: 2009-11-16 @ 13:31:59 EST
Road rash treatment is similar to caring for burns. Road rash is the common term for rubbing off part or all of the skin. The medical term is skin abrasion… - Frostbite with an Ice Pack -- Getting Frostbite with an Ice Pack…Created: 2009-11-16 @ 10:04:49 EST Updated: 2009-11-16 @ 10:04:49 EST
It's possible to get frostbite when using an ice pack, if you don't do it properly. Ask any coach or PE teacher how to treat a twisted ankle and he or she is likely to say RICE -- rest, ice, compre… - When Hands-Only CPR is Not Recommended - What to Do When Hands-Only …Created: 2009-11-04 @ 15:13:55 EST
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends Hands-Only CPR as the treatment for adults who collapse in front of you. However, the AHA recommends conventional CPR with mouth-to-mouth as well as … - Pink Eye - Symptoms and Treatment of Pink Eye…Created: 2009-11-03 @ 11:56:05 EST Updated: 2009-11-03 @ 11:57:49 EST
Pink eye can be caused by a virus, fungus, bacteria, allergy or by something irritating the eye. Sometimes, pink eye is a sign of a more serious infection like chlamydia or gonorrhea… - Broken Hand Picture - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-23 @ 17:54:18 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Fracture Pictures - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-21 @ 16:57:52 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 10:37:29 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Broken Ankle Picture - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-21 @ 16:57:14 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 10:41:32 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Broken Thumb Picture - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-21 @ 16:57:10 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 10:41:52 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Open Finger Fracture Picture - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-21 @ 16:57:07 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 10:40:11 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Sesamoid Fracture Picture - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-21 @ 16:57:02 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 10:40:24 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Mallet Finger Picture - Gallery of Fracture Pictures…Created: 2009-10-21 @ 16:56:56 EDT Updated: 2009-10-22 @ 10:41:16 EDT
Fractures are sometimes obvious and deformed, but other times they are subtle and hard to detect. These fracture pictures may help you understand how diverse fractures can look and feel… - Carbon Monoxide Symptoms - Sore Throat from Carbon Monoxide Poisonin…Created: 2009-10-20 @ 16:27:36 EDT Updated: 2009-10-20 @ 16:27:36 EDT
Last Tuesday night our carbon monoxide detector went off. Too make a long story short, my husband's throat is so swollen. Is it possible that (his sore throat) is from the effects of carbon monoxid… - Picture of Head Louse on Cotton Swab - Gallery of Head Lice Pictures…Created: 2009-10-19 @ 12:17:12 EDT
Head lice get a pretty bad rap around the schoolyard. It turns out head lice not as bad as you might think, and head lice certainly don't spread as easily as school officials may have you believe… - Carbon Monoxide Symptoms - Readers Share Carbon Monoxide Poisoning S…Created: 2009-10-18 @ 19:02:45 EDT
Carbon monoxide poisoning is often called the "Great Imitator" because it mimics other medical conditions. To help others understand the vastly different ways carbon monoxide poisoning ca… - 2010 CPR GuidelinesCreated: 2009-10-16 @ 14:09:04 EDT Updated: 2009-10-16 @ 14:09:04 EDT
The American Heart Association issues new guidelines for CPR and ECC based on the latest research. The latest CPR guidelines came out in 2005. The 2010 CPR Guidelines should have some interesting c… - 2010 CPR Guidelines - Reader Hopes for the 2010 CPR Guidelines…Created: 2009-10-14 @ 06:10:55 EDT Updated: 2009-10-14 @ 06:19:23 EDT
What do you expect to see changed on the 2010 CPR Guidelines from the American Heart Association?… - Watching an Expanding Spider Bite - Gallery of Spider Bite Pictures…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 16:35:29 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Spider Bite On the Go - Gallery of Spider Bite Pictures…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 16:31:59 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Share Your Story: Emergency Preparedness Kits - What to Put in Your …Created: 2009-10-10 @ 01:15:30 EDT
Emergency preparedness kits are all the rage. Do you have an emergency preparedness kit? What do you keep in your emergency preparedness kit?… - Share Your Story: The Best or Worst Call I Ever RanCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 04:24:03 EDT
Paramedics and EMTs are always asked: what's the worst thing you've ever seen? It's such a universal question we make jokes about it. So, in the interest of simply getting it on the table, what's t… - Share Your Story: How I Saved a LifeCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 04:11:00 EDT
Have you had the privilege to save another human being? Did you pull a fellow human out of the gaping jaws of death? Share your story of saving lives and how it affected you. Read others' stories a… - Share Your Story: First Aid and CPR Classes - Directory of First Aid…Created: 2009-10-07 @ 23:35:39 EDT
A first aid and cpr class directory to help find cpr and first aid training in your area. Have a first aid class or CPR class? Submit your class here to add it to the directory… - Share Your Story: Head Lice Remedies - Readers Favorite Head Lice Re…Created: 2009-10-06 @ 17:35:04 EDT
Head lice remedies are often more art than science. There are products to help, but some folks prefer a more natural approach. Share your experience treating head lice and see how others treated he… - Share Your Story: First Aid Kits - Reader First Aid KitsCreated: 2009-10-04 @ 20:05:14 EDT Updated: 2009-10-04 @ 20:10:20 EDT
What's in your first aid kit? Share your first aid kit and see how others put together their first aid kits. See where folks are putting first aid kits… - Share Your Story: EMS Belts - What Is on Your EMS BeltCreated: 2009-10-04 @ 18:13:17 EDT
Some EMTs and paramedics don't carry a thing on duty. Others have big belts with all types of supplies. What's on your belt? Do you have it all?… - Signs and Symptoms - What Is the Difference Between Signs and Sympto…Created: 2009-09-24 @ 10:32:02 EDT Updated: 2009-09-24 @ 10:32:02 EDT
Go to any medical site on the internet to research any medical condition and you're likely to read a list of signs and symptoms for it. Most people understand the idea of indications and feelings t… - Use Neosporin - Should I Use Neosporin on My Cut?…Created: 2009-09-24 @ 10:28:33 EDT
Neosporin, also known as triple antibiotic ointment, is a cream containing three antibiotics: neomycin, bacitracin, and polymyxin. Triple antibiotic ointment is used on minor cuts and abrasions to … - Hives on Neck Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-23 @ 18:14:44 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Hives on Arm Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-23 @ 11:51:24 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Heart Attack - Signs of a Heart AttackCreated: 2009-09-23 @ 10:49:23 EDT
If you are worried that your spouse or a parent could be having a heart attack, there are some red flags. These are some of the signs of a heart attack… - Vertigo - Definition of VertigoCreated: 2009-09-21 @ 15:51:50 EDT
Vertigo can be a sign of inner ear infection or a life-threatening loss of blood pressure… - CPR Classes - How Long is Too Long Between CPR Classes…Created: 2009-09-20 @ 16:57:19 EDT
My kids took health in high school and came home questioning the teacher's outdated CPR standards. When I talked to him on the phone, he didn't really understand why the "rules" for CPR h… - Chickenpox Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 19:46:24 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Pityriasis Rosea Herald Patch Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 19:44:53 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Poison Ivy Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 19:43:37 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Poison Oak Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 19:43:18 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Reiter's Syndrome Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 19:43:05 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Gluten Rash Pictures - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 19:41:30 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Candidiasis - Gallery of Rash PicturesCreated: 2009-09-16 @ 19:39:19 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Picture of Rubella Rash - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 18:02:34 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Scabies Picture - Gallery of Rash PicturesCreated: 2009-09-16 @ 18:01:03 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Canine Scabies Rash - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 17:56:43 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Rash Pictures - Gallery of Rash PicturesCreated: 2009-09-16 @ 17:56:27 EDT Updated: 2009-09-16 @ 18:01:42 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rash Picture - Gallery of Rash Pictures…Created: 2009-09-16 @ 17:26:55 EDT
Rashes are extremely difficult to diagnose, even when the doctor can closely examine them. These rash pictures will help readers identify some rashes as well as discuss other symptoms and when to t… - Poisonous Pests - Readers Respond with Their Most Poisonous Pests…Created: 2009-09-13 @ 14:50:23 EDT
What are your most poisonous fears? Read what others fear most and contribute your own most poisonous North American pest to the list… - Most Poisonous Pests - Most Poisonous North American Pests…Created: 2009-09-13 @ 14:48:08 EDT
North America is pretty tame when it comes to dangerous venomous animals. Of course, we do have our poisonous pests, but it's a testament to our safe little continent that I could only find a few r… - Spider Bite Blister - Gallery of Spider Bite Pictures…Created: 2009-09-03 @ 10:51:11 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Bullseye Pattern of Spider Bites - Gallery of Spider Bite Pictures…Created: 2009-08-31 @ 23:22:03 EDT Updated: 2009-09-01 @ 09:19:03 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Possible Spider Bite After Shoveling Wood Chips - Gallery of Spider …Created: 2009-08-31 @ 15:42:47 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Baseball Injuries - Reader Stories of Baseball InjuriesCreated: 2009-08-24 @ 18:31:56 EDT
From little league to company softball team, share your baseball and softball injuries with readers at About.com First Aid… - Baseball Injuries - Worst Baseball InjuriesCreated: 2009-08-24 @ 13:04:43 EDT Updated: 2009-08-25 @ 10:16:46 EDT
Did you know little league baseball kills more kids than pee wee football? More kids get hurt on the gridiron, but deaths are all about the diamond. Baseballs do the deed, mostly by hitting a playe… - Commotio CordisCreated: 2009-08-21 @ 17:19:27 EDT
Commotio cordis is a latin term (meaning commotion or disturbance of the heart) that describes sudden cardiac arrest from a blow to the chest. Despite the fact that it's very rare, commotio cordis … - AED Shock - Can an AED Shock Someone Who Is Awake…Created: 2009-08-20 @ 09:51:24 EDT Updated: 2009-08-20 @ 09:51:24 EDT
Too often, CPR instructors leave their students with the impression that automated external defibrillators (AED), the devices that shock the heart during cardiac arrest, are smarter than the rescue… - Necrosis - Definition of NecrosisCreated: 2009-08-20 @ 09:43:54 EDT
Necrosis is common in crush injuries, burns, frostbite, infections and envenomation. A severe skin infection known as necrotizing fasciitis got its name from necrosis… - Pictures of Spider Bites - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 23:53:53 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Bug Bite in a Boot - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 23:22:57 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Bug Bite on Neck - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:07:25 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Spider Bite Bullseye - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:06:57 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Brown Recluse Spider Bite - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:06:26 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Chiggers After 2 Weeks - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:02:21 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Infected Mosquito Bites - Gallery of Spider Bite PicturesCreated: 2009-08-17 @ 11:47:36 EDT Updated: 2009-08-18 @ 11:07:51 EDT
Infected wounds are often blamed on spider bites. Unfortunately, it's really hard to tell if a spider is really the culprit. Many bug bites look just like spider bites, and almost any small, infect… - Chest Trauma - Types of Chest TraumaCreated: 2009-08-10 @ 17:44:36 EDT Updated: 2009-08-10 @ 17:48:28 EDT
Chest trauma can be penetrating or blunt. If the injury pokes through the skin (stabbing, gunshot wound, arrow through the heart, etc) we call it penetrating chest trauma. If a sharp object tearing… - Treat a Sucking Chest Wound - How to Treat a Sucking Chest WoundCreated: 2009-08-05 @ 10:51:57 EDT Updated: 2009-08-05 @ 10:51:57 EDT
A hole in the chest (gunshot wound, stabbing or other puncture wound) makes a new pathway for air to travel into the chest when it expands. That hole pulling air into the chest cavity is called a s… - The Life You Save - Review of The Life You SaveCreated: 2009-08-02 @ 18:47:41 EDT Updated: 2009-08-02 @ 18:47:41 EDT
The Life You Save: Nine Steps to Finding the Best Medical Care - and Avoiding the Worst by Patrick Malone should be on the coffee table of every person with a chronic medical condition. More import… - Treat Flail Chest - How to Treat Flail ChestCreated: 2009-07-30 @ 14:18:51 EDT
Flail chest refers to a serious breech in the integrity of the ribcage from more than one adjacent broken ribs broken in more than one place each. Instead of rigidly holding the normal shape of the… - Healthcare Discrimination - Readers Respond on Healthcare Discrimina…Created: 2009-07-26 @ 16:00:49 EDT Updated: 2009-07-26 @ 16:05:02 EDT
Studies have shown that people of different races get care differently. Has that happened to you? Do you think you've experienced discrimination from those in healthcare, either because of your rac… - Wii Accidents - Reader Stories of Wii AccidentsCreated: 2009-07-21 @ 18:41:22 EDT
Wii accidents can lead to some serious Wii injuries. The most common are to the hand, but many other Wii accidents can happen… - Wii Injuries - Common Wii Injuries and Common Sense SolutionsCreated: 2009-07-21 @ 17:31:33 EDT Updated: 2009-07-21 @ 18:47:22 EDT
Some of the Wii injuries are more straight forward. The controller is rigid plastic with hard corners and weighs about as much as a baseball. When you're pretending to throw the virtual pitch and a… - Flail Chest - Definition of Flail ChestCreated: 2009-07-21 @ 16:09:14 EDT Updated: 2009-07-21 @ 16:27:46 EDT
These segments of broken ribs got the name flail chest because the segments flail back and forth opposite from the rest of the chest wall… - Subcutaneous Emphysema - Definition of Subcutaneous EmphysemaCreated: 2009-07-15 @ 18:09:27 EDT Updated: 2009-07-15 @ 18:55:54 EDT
Subcutaneous emphysema can be a sign of collapsed lung (pneumothorax)… - Crepitus - Definition of CrepitusCreated: 2009-07-15 @ 17:25:15 EDT Updated: 2009-07-15 @ 18:59:53 EDT
The way crepitus feels depends on how it's created… - Mechanism of Injury - Definition of Mechanism of InjuryCreated: 2009-07-15 @ 16:21:57 EDT
A low-speed fender-bender in a parking lot is much less likely to cause a life-threatening injury than a rollover accident on the freeway. A gunshot wound has more potential for serious injury than… - Broken Ribs - Treatment of Broken RibsCreated: 2009-07-15 @ 14:33:54 EDT
The elderly can get broken ribs easier than younger adults. Most broken ribs come from vehicle accidents, but they're also common from falling off horses, sports injuries and falls. In some cases, …