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By Rod Brouhard, About.com Guide to First Aid
There are two types of first aid -- emergencies that require quick action to save lives and minor injuries or illnesses that can often be handled at home without professional medical care.
- Techniques for Life-Threatening Emergencies
- Calling for Help
- Everyday First Aid A-D
- Everyday First Aid E-N
- Everyday First Aid O-Z
Techniques for Life-Threatening Emergencies
If you suspect a life-threatening emergency, call 911. The following are the techniques for those life-threatening emergencies where seconds truly count and treatment should start before an ambulance arrives. These should be followed in addition to calling 911.
- Hands Only Adult CPR (no breaths)
- Adult CPR (with breaths)
- Child CPR (1 - 8 years old)
- Infant CPR (Under 1 year old)
Calling for Help
Getting help during a life-threatening emergency should be as easy as calling 911, and it is. But sometimes, 911 can be more confusing than it should be.
Everyday First Aid A-D
What should you do if you"re hurt or sick? In an emergency, call 911. Otherwise, look here for first aid tips and procedures for all manner of emergency and non-emergency injuries or conditions. There are plenty of common bumps and bruises that can be handled at home without medical attention. Other times it can be difficult to decide when to see a doctor. This list provides information for everyday illnesses and injuries.
Everyday First Aid E-N
The list of emergencies big and small, continued from E-N.
- Eye Injury
- Fainting (Syncope)
- Flu
- Food Poisoning
- Frostbite
- Handwashing
- Head Injury
- Heart Attack
- Heat Illness
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypothermia
- Impaled Object
- Insect Bite
- Laceration
- Low Blood Sugar
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Neck Injury
- Nosebleed
Everyday First Aid O-Z
The everyday emergency first aid list continues, from O-Z.
