From treating minor cuts and burns to reacting to a heart attack, get information you need to address first aid concerns - and perhaps even save a life.
An image of a father and daughter hiking on a mountain trail
Top 10 Tips to Prevent Altitude Sickness
A person relaxing in a swimming pool.
How to Tell If You Have Chlorine Poisoning (and How to Treat It)
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How to Make a Dry or Moist Warm Compress
A person places a cold compress on their forehead
How to Make and Use a Cold Compress
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Natural Tick Repellent Options and What the Science Says
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How Dehydration Is Recognized and Treated Clinically
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IV Fluids for Dehydration: How Solutions Rehydrate You
Hypertonic Dehydration
Hypertonic Dehydration: What Happens?
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Everything You Need to Know About a Broken Nose
A person uses a nebulizer at home
Saline Solution Uses and Instructions
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12 Diseases That Can Cause Dehydration in Adults
Dehydration Symptoms and How to Rehydrate
Recognizing Dehydration Symptoms: Key Signs to Watch Out For
superglue
How to Get Superglue Off the Skin
Poison hemlock
Hemlock Poisoning: What to Know
Degloving Injuries From Accidents
Man hiking snowy mountain
Frostbite: Treatment for Mild to 1st-Degree Symptoms
Pseudomonas bacteria
8 in 10 Americans Don’t Know the Symptoms of Sepsis, Survey Shows
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First Aid Kit: Items to Include and Not Forget
A person sitting on floor near toilet, feeling nauseated
How to Make Yourself Throw Up: Safety Tips to Follow
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How to Recognize Agonal Breathing
A young person is checking for breathing for a person who is unconscious and may be in shock
Types and Effects of Shock
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Can You Get Sepsis in the Hospital?
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How Iodine Poisoning Affects Your Body
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How Valuable Are YouTube's New First Aid Videos?
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Comparing Epinephrine vs. Norepinephrine and What They Do
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Can You Overdose on GLP-1s? Poison Control Is Fielding More Calls About Weight Loss Drugs
A woman cleaning a child's abrasion
What Are Examples of Antiseptics?
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How Do You Know If Someone Needs CPR?
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Dizziness
A woman suffering from corn on her foot sole
Bump on Toe: Causes and Treatments
Man experiences stomach pain in possible poisoning or medication overdose
How to Recognize and Treat Poisoning
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What to Do After Spilling Bleach on Your Skin
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How to Remove a Bug in Your Ear
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The Difference Between a Vaporizer and a Humidifier
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How Bad Is an Electrical Burn?
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Treatment and First Aid for Burn Blisters
Person sits amid rubble
Psychological First Aid: How It's Used
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How to Get Something Out of Your Ear
Woman lying on couch sick
Mercury Poisoning: What You Should Know
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What Is Cadmium Poisoning?
Abandoned polluted mine
What Is Arsenic Poisoning?
Degrees of Burns
Basic First Aid for Major and Minor Burns
Electrician
Electric Shock First Aid and Treatment
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How Glyphosate Works
Plastic smoke alarm
What Is Carbon Monoxide?
What to do if you are sexually assaulted
What to Do If You Are Sexually Assaulted
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An Overview of Adrenal Crisis
woman feeling exhausted caused by hypovolemia
Understanding Hypovolemia
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How to Make Your Own Disinfectant Bleach Solution
German soldier puts on a tourniquet during an exercise
A Tourniquet Is the Most Important Thing Your First Aid Kit Needs
Bullet casings
How and When to Use Chest Seals
paramedics treating patient
Signs and Symptoms of Shock
Woman lying on floor after fainting
Fainting Symptoms and Causes
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Cold Sweats: Causes and When to Be Concerned
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How to Treat a Smashed Finger
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Acetaminophen vs. Ibuprofen
Ace Wrap
Steps to Apply a Compression Bandage
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Are Online CPR Certifications Valid?
Midsection Of Man With Cpr Dummy During Training
Why CPR Changed From A-B-C to C-A-B
men doing cpr on another man
What Is Sudden Cardiac Arrest?